Polish city’s first LGBT pride parade disrupted 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy the Associated PressWARSAW, Poland — Police in eastern Poland detained a number of people who threw bottles at officers and verbally abused participants in the city of Bialystok’s first LGBT pride parade Saturday. Officers in riot gear and border guards escorted more than 500 people along the Equality Parade route in Bialystok. Police officers fired tear gas when a group of young men who were trying to block the parade started throwing bottles at them. Local police spokesman Tomasz Krupa said one person was detained for allegedly snatching a rainbow flag away from a parade participant.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 20, 2019 21:00 UTC