LGBTQ Ally Shot and Killed for Defending Pride Flag in Front of Her Store

Southern California business owner Laura “Lauri” Ann Carleton was shot and killed Friday evening by a man who disparaged and attempted to remove the rainbow flag displayed at her clothing store. Carleton, 66, was a mother to nine and an ally to LGBTQ people. A local food co-op, Mountain Provisions, called her a “a pillar in [her] community [and] an immovable force in her values for equality, love…

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