Philly Police’s Heavy-Handed Pride Response
This year’s police response to Philly Pride was heavy-handed and traumatic to the the LGBTQ community, says councilmember Rue Landau. Community members recounted police on motorcycles and horses driving pedestrians out of the way, and officers wearing face masks. “It was a really scary moment,” Landau says. That’s why she demanded answers from the police […]
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