Post by Logan on Apr 30, 2016 14:21:51 GMT -6
Erin Davies, left, and Sonya Parrish in 2010 with the Fagbug, a Volkswagon "bug" that Davies drove across the country after it was vandalized. Gary Walts | gwalts@syracuse.com
Syracuse woman behind 'Fagbug' gay pride car attacked by man at post office
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A woman who traveled across the country after turning her vandalized Volkswagen Beetle into a symbol of gay pride was attacked by a man while she stood in line at a Syracuse post office, police said.
Erin Davies, 38, the owner of the gay pride car, said on Facebook Friday that she traveled with her car to 50 states, talking to people about the vandalism and hate without ever being attacked herself.
"It does shift things when things like this happen physically," she wrote.
The altercation happened Saturday at the Colvin Elmwood Post Office at 2200 S. Salina St., said Maureen Marion, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Postal Service.
Davies was in line shortly after the post office opened at 8:30 a.m. when a man, later identified as Casey White, entered, according to a police report written by Syracuse Police Officer Tracy Greco.
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