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West Orange Café Displaying Pride Flag Vandalized Twice
Recent bias incidents in Essex County last week have caught the attention of authorities.
Suspects twice smashed window at Harper's Café in West Orange on Wednesday, July 12 and Thursday, July 13, because they were flying a pride flag, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Black paint was smeared across the window and two pride flags were defiled, Stephens said.
On Thursday, July 13, a woman who owns a photo studio in West Orange was asked by a caller if her business was Black owned because she wears braids, Stephens said. When the woman said she was Hispanic, t…
