Orlando Police are investigating the breaking of windows of an Orlando gay bar were broken in the early hours of Wednesday morning the incident has labeled a “hate crime.”
Via Bungalower.com: An individual was caught on security cameras in front of The District Dive between the hours of 3:30 a.m. and 4 a.m. The video, which you can watch below, clearly shows a hooded individual walking past the windows, which shatter just a few seconds later, while they are off-camera. Orlando Police were informed of the incident at 9:07 a.m.
The District Dive is part of the larger Southern Nights Complex, which houses Southern Craft and Southern Nights, all of which are well-known LGBT+ venues.
In Decemeber 2022 the FBI on Monday released its tally of hate crimes, but the report falls dramatically short: In Florida: only two of 757 law enforcement agencies in that state submitted data via the new portal and only one hate crime was reported.