Garfield County Sheriff defends anti-police hate crime filing, says deputy was ‘singled out and attacked’ by 19-year-old
Prosecutors filed a misdemeanor charge against the woman, alleging she took a “Back the Blue” sign and damaged it to intimidate the deputy.
![(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Supporters of law enforcement gather at Back the Blue rally, Saturday, August 15, 2020 at Washington Square. On July 9, 2021, Garfield County prosecutors charged a 19-year-old from California with an anti-police hate crime after Deputy Cree Carter saw the woman “stomping on a ‘Back the Blue’ sign next to where [a] traffic stop was conducted, crumble it up in a destructive manner and throw it into a trash can all while smirking in an intimidating manner towards [him].”](https://www.sltrib.com/resizer/v2/XMXR4WA53BFAPINIB734CYIPXY.jpg?auth=3145b3a6aacd9408e94a018b920f95e020d0eef738603646a2c38c44ac6e1126&width=1024&quality=88)
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Supporters of law enforcement gather at Back the Blue rally, Saturday, August 15, 2020 at Washington Square. On July 9, 2021, Garfield County prosecutors charged a 19-year-old from California with an anti-police hate crime after Deputy Cree Carter saw the woman “stomping on a ‘Back the Blue’ sign next to where [a] traffic stop was conducted, crumble it up in a destructive manner and throw it into a trash can all while smirking in an intimidating manner towards [him].”