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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Straight Pride' parade in Boston draws counterprotesters
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/31/us/straight-pride-parade-boston/index.html(CNN)A "Straight Pride" parade in downtown Boston attracted counterprotesters -- and a heavy police presence on Saturday.
A large number of counterprotesters taunted marchers and chanted "Alt right, get off our streets, no justice, no peace." Counterprotesters outnumbered the parade participants, CNN affiliate WCVB reported. Boston's mayor also condemned the parade, and encouraged residents to attend block parties and other events that celebrated the city.
Thirty-four people were arrested at the parade, said Boston Police Officer James Moccia, a department spokesman. Four officers also suffered non-life threatening injuries, he said.
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Floats and signs expressed pro-military and pro-Trump sentiments, such as "Support our troops" and "Build the wall and crime will fall." A man in a jester's hat carried a sign saying "Great to be straight" as he danced down the street.
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'Straight Pride' parade in Boston draws counterprotesters (Original Post)
jpak
Sep 2019
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Their mission is to do just this ..rile up the protester and cause cities to spend huge sums of
Fullduplexxx
Sep 2019
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Fullduplexxx
(7,818 posts)1. Their mission is to do just this ..rile up the protester and cause cities to spend huge sums of
Money . it's free publicity for them
They are trolls. They want and crave this kind of attention. The best way to tell is assholes to f**k off is to ignore them. Don't give them the dignity of your attention.
Sophia_Of_PlanetX
(73 posts)2. That's the transgender flag with Trump's name on it...
SeattleVet
(5,468 posts)4. Looks like they're holding two flags together...
look along the top edge and you can see the two bound edges, slightly separated.