“Too many years, San Francisco Pride has chosen to ignore the asks for a safer pride free from police.'
. Members of Abolish ICE SF handed out a letter of demands to onlookers, outlining the protesters’ disapproval of police involvement in an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the police raid on the Stonewall Inn.
“Too many years, San Francisco Pride has chosen to ignore the asks for a safer pride free from police,” the letter said, [according to the]. “They care more about pleasing corporate interests and hosting a massive party than listening to LGBTQ2S communities and keeping them safe.”, other protesters began pushing and throwing water bottles at police officers who were attempting to remove the handful of protesters from blocking the parade’s progress.
Taryn Saldivar, 21, and Kenneth Bilecki, 27, were both arrested on charges of “resisting arrest and interfering with a parade route,”. According to the police, Saldivar was also charged with battery of a police officer, after the officer was treated on-scene for a non-life-threatening injury. Onlookers shouted “Shame!” and “Let them go!” as Saldivar and Bilecki were driven away in a police van,In addition to protesting police presence at the parade, the protestors also called for an end to corporate involvement in the festivities.
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