LGBTQ Pride Organizers Weigh Multiple Threats, From Police Brutality to Vigilante Violence
Between angry cops, hateful politicians, and plotting right-wing extremists, they have their hands full.
24 June 2022
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Between angry cops, hateful politicians, and plotting right-wing extremists, they have their hands full.
24 June 2022
Seattle’s Pride Parade, among the largest in the country, will return this weekend after a two-year hiatus during the pandemic. But the police officers who traditionally march with the group will be staying home. Other on-duty officers will still provide security, as fears mount after dozens of extremists in white masks were arrested while plotting to disrupt a Pride parade in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. But off-duty cops will no longer join the parade as participants. They announced on Wednesday that they’ll be protesting, after Seattle Pride, which organizes the event, asked officers who planned to march not to wear their ...
LGBTQ Pride organizers weigh multiple threats, from police brutality to vigilante violence
Between angry cops, hateful politicians, and plotting right-wing extremists, they have their hands full.
www.motherjones.com