Polish police arrest 25 people after attacks during first ever Pride parade in Bialystok
The demonstrators were pelted with rocks and glass bottles
By Steve Brown
Words: Steve Brown
Police in Poland have arrested 25 people after attacks during a Pride parade in the city of Bialystok.
This weekend saw the Polish LGBTQ community celebrate Pride in the city’s first ever equality march and around 800 demonstrators took to the streets.
However the peaceful march saw anti-LGBTQ people pelt the activists with rocks, glass bottles and firecrackers.
Several videos online show young LGBTQ people being assaulted and some of the protestors steal and burn a rainbow flag while chanting: “Bialystok free of perverts” and “God, honour and motherland.”
Riot police were called to stop the violent clashes and fired tear gas at the crowd and wrestled protesters to the ground.
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Te 3 filmy dedykuję………(w domyśle bardzo obraźliwe) – @TomaszSakiewicz, @TomaszBrussy
i @GazetaPolskapl wspierających bydlaków rozpylających gaz i atakujących @PolskaPolicja.
Hitler jest z Was bydlaki bardzo zadowolony.PS tak, to był gaz “patriotyczny”. pic.twitter.com/EgP2lzBJG6
— Piotr Fijałkowski #FBPE 🇪🇺 🇵🇱️️ (@PiotrFijakowsk1) July 20, 2019