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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsViolent protestors threw flash bombs, rocks & glass bottles at Pride marchers
Violent far-right protestors attacked a Pride parade with flash bombs, rocks, and glass bottles.
The city of Bialystok, Poland, was having its first Pride celebration on Saturday, and an estimated 1000 supporters marched. But over 4000 far-right counter-protestors showed up, shouting slogans like God, honor, and motherland and Bialystok free of perverts.
The counter-protestors threw objects at the Pride marchers.
Piotr Fijalkowski posted video of counter-protestors destroying a Pride flag and attacking police officers.
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Violent protestors threw flash bombs, rocks & glass bottles at Pride marchers (Original Post)
Behind the Aegis
Jul 2019
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Tipperary
(6,930 posts)1. I am not sure if that makes me more sad than angry,
Or vice versa.
Initech
(100,100 posts)2. Very fine people on both sides. Right.
faymer7
(59 posts)3. violent protestors
This makes me very sad.
greyl
(22,990 posts)4. Hopefully the proportions will be better at
their second Pride celebration.
But wtf is this now?
"Earlier this month, 30 cities in Poland declared themselves Free of LGBT ideology.