Podcaster Tim Pool announced on Monday that he donated $10,000 to a legal defense fund set up to support a 19-year-old Florida man facing a felony charge of criminal mischief after doing a burnout in his vehicle at an intersection painted with the LGBTQ flag.
“Here’s a headline for the woke cult,” Pool wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “I just sent $10k for homies legal defense. He was charged with a felony for burning out as he turned while driving over a cultist flag painting.”
Here's a headline for the woke cult
I just sent $10k for homies legal defense
He was charged with a felony for burning out as he turned while driving over a cultist flag paintinghttps://t.co/Qf42N4e3Hc https://t.co/GXbYZoBZtJ
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) February 19, 2024
The Florida teen attracted a lot of attention after authorities charged him with a felony for allegedly vandalizing a gay pride rainbow crosswalk by wheel-spinning his tires and performing a burnout over the street art.
Police say that the teen’s driving caused significant damage to the street painting, which symbolizes the LGBTQ community.
Pool left his announcement on a repost of a user by the screen name of Sovereign Brah, who wrote, “I connected with the kid this morning Here’s the link to his GiveSendGo, so he can fight the felony charge in court.”
The teenager’s GiveSendGo said, “A defense fund has been established for 19-year-old Dylan Brewer, who is facing legal challenges after an incident with an LGBTQ pride mural in Delray Beach. This fund not only supports Brewer’s legal defense but also champions the fundamental American values of freedom of expression and the right to a fair trial.”
— I,Hypocrite (@lporiginalg) February 18, 2024
Brewer turned himself into authorities earlier this month for the vandalism, and the city charged him with felony criminal mischief over $1,000 and reckless driving.
“I think a big problem is with our judiciary who doesn’t understand hate crimes are hate crimes, whether or not they fit the specific definition of the law,” Palm Beach County Human Rights Council president and founder Rand Hoch said.
“There needs to be consequences so people know if they commit crimes like this, they are going to jail, they are going to be fined; they are going to have to suffer from what they did,” Hoch said.
