It was absolutely totally wrong,” Pesall said. “It shouldn’t have been done the way it was done. Pesall tells KELOLAND News he now regrets posting his actions on Facebook. Pesall: I burned a flag - not the flag that’s in question and what everyone is having such a s- show about. Pesall claims this isn’t Kriech’s flag at all. In addition with most crimes, it might be the cover up that is the most serious crime, and that is lying about aspects of the event,” Smeins said. Pesall - the crime might be the potential theft of the flag from someone else’s residence in town, as well as destruction of somebody else’s property. “The potential crime here is the actions of Mr. Smeins is considering other misdemeanor charges. KELOLAND Investigates looked up the law, and found that the state’s law against malicious intimidation or harassment does not apply to sexual orientation, even though the South Dakota Attorney General’s website lists it as a hate crime. Especially it follows the equal protection clause–race, color, creed and nation of origin–but it doesn’t include gender,” Day County State’s Attorney Danny Smeins said. “South Dakota does not include gender protection under the hate crime statute. The Day County State’s attorney says while an investigation is underway into Pesall’s actions, under South Dakota law, it’s probably not a hate crime. Kriech wants to see him charged with a hate crime. The man burning the Pride flag is also from Webster. “I was just disturbed, disgusted–especially coming from someone I know, that they would actually do something that hateful and disgusting,” Kriech said. “Your f- flag that deserves to burn, burn, burn, burn you queer sons of b-,” Darrin Pesall says in a Facebook Live video. Never did he imagine it would end like this: But I thought, ‘You know what? Let’s just do it,'” Kriech said. “I thought, ‘Oh, I’ve never done this before.’ You know, it’s a small town. The site of the rainbow gay Pride flag flying in Sioux Falls typically doesn’t draw a lot of attention.īut when Troy Kriech decided to put one up in the small town of Webster, South Dakota, for June Pride Month, he knew he was taking a risk. Now the man who says it was his flag, wants to see charges in the case. (KELO) - A rural South Dakota man burned an LGBTQ flag while spouting obscenities about gay people on Facebook Live.
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And although India is a democracy today, royal dynasties – the firmly conservative Gohils in particular – are still revered.WEBSTER, S.D. By the time of the 33rd Gohil ruler, Maharana Verisalji II, in the 19th century, the dynasty was even standing up to the British. The princely state of Rajpipla was second only to nearby Baroda in terms of size and importance, and even saw off onslaughts from Baroda’s Gaekwar rulers.
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Over the centuries, the prince’s Gohil ancestors faced invasions from sultans and emperors, and sometimes used guerilla tactics to defend their land.
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The Gohil Rajput dynasty from which Prince Manvendra descends can be traced right back to the sixth century, when Muhideosur Gohadit became chief of an area near modern Idar, in Gujarat, in 556. Although Prince Manvendra’s family had to tighten their belts, they hardly starved they kept their royal palace – built in 1915 – and turned it into a tourist attraction, which allowed them to live well. Yet, to this day, honorary titles are used for princely descendants, many of whom carry out royal duties as if nothing had ever changed. Prince Manvendra was six when his father, then a maharaja, became a commoner. India ‘de-recognised’ its monarchy in 1971. ‘When the pandemic is over, you must come and stay here,’ he says firmly. He is charismatic, warm and more keen to talk about me than to tell his extraordinary life story. When we speak on the phone, it’s the afternoon for me and night-time for Prince Manvendra, and he warns me he can’t stay up too late as he’s teaching a yoga class early next morning.