LGBTQ Pride Organizers Weigh Multiple Threats, From Police Brutality to Vigilante Violence

A police officer watches the San Francisco Pride parade in 2016.Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsle...

June 28, 2022
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A police officer watches the San Francisco Pride parade in 2016.Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Seattle's Pride Parade, among the largest in the country, will return this weekend after a two-year hiatus during the pandemic. But the police officers who traditionally march with the group will be staying home. Other on-duty officers will still provide security, as fears mount after dozens of extremists in white masks were arrested while plotting to disrupt a Pride parade in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Samantha Michaels