Within a few minutes, however, the PPD sent a corrected statement. This was pounced on by ultra-right national news outlets like Drudge Report, which blasted out the news. Some of the outcry was the result of a mistake in the first statement sent out by the Philadelphia Police about the arrest. In a media release Monday, the PPD wrote Segin was attempting to set “an American Flag” on fire. The details of the case - and the way it was handled - inspired an onslaught of backlash from groups across the political spectrum. Identified by police as Ryan Segin of Woodbine, N.J., the young woman was arrested Sunday around noon at 12th and Locust, just as the annual LGBT festivities were kicking off. After spending nearly 30 hours in prison, an 18-year-old woman who attempted to burn a “thin blue line” flag at Philly’s Pride Parade was released from custody Monday afternoon, Philadelphia Prisons Dept.
