Posted on 06/16/2024 7:19:27 PM PDT by lightman
A “mass exodus” led to numerous injuries after a “possible chemical agent” and fireworks were deployed during a Baltimore Pride event Saturday, according to police.
Baltimore Police confirmed Sunday that the possible chemical agent, released in front of the event’s main music stage near North Avenue and Charles Street, was not issued by police.
Police said officers working the event were informed of the incident around 8:37 p.m. A spokesperson for Baltimore Police said the department has not confirmed the type of chemical agent that was released but that it could have been mace, hair spray or “another agent.”
Around the same time, fireworks were set off, which led the large crowd to flee the area and resulted in several injuries, police said.
The event was closed as the Baltimore City Fire Department tended to the injured.
“Our officers are diligently reviewing the surveillance video to gather all the necessary information and determine the sequence of events,” said Freddie Talbert, a Baltimore Police public information officer.
The incident occurred during the annual Baltimore Pride parade and block party hosted by the nonprofit Pride Center of Maryland. The event is a tribute to the contributions of sexual and gender minorities to society, according to Baltimore Pride’s website.
With a theme this year of “Power Of The Past, Force of The Future,” Baltimore Pride runs from June 10 to Sunday with a roster of events. The injuries Saturday didn’t appear to dampen the atmosphere at Pride in the Park, which drew crowds to Druid Hill Park on Sunday for music, vendors and live performances on two stages.
Large groups of families and friends gathered under the shade of park trees, while others tightly packed the strip of vendors selling everything from food and drinks to apparel.
Visiting Baltimore from New York, Lys Smith attended Pride on Saturday but left before the injuries took place.
“I have always wanted to see what Baltimore Pride was like, so I am happy to be here with friends to experience it,” Smith said at Pride in the Park.
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Is it just me, or does it seem like most leftist demonstrations these days have some sort of “interaction” from an outside source?
Catching on...
LOL...not a healthy person in the “Health Department.” What a bunch of losers.
This seems like pride month 4,387.
Maybe by 5000, they’ll produce that physical science/born that way proof?
With that crowd it could just be that somebody farted .
CC
THE GHETTOPOTOMOUS on the float sure isn’t attractive.
A picture of the Baltimore City Health Department????
A float full of the most healthy Baltimore employees, right?
In their defense, any self respecting germ would run far away and hide.
That is a very bad neighborhood.
Bad things can happen when you buy amyl nitrate the drum
FIB agents released?
Maybe it’s that crap that makes them “undetectable”.
The same people who fund the leftist mobs also train their operatives, like Ray Epps, to release chemical substances onto the leftists while they’re rioting.
Can you say “False Flag” Boys and Girls?
There, I knew you could.
Fart spray as a prank?
Lucky to come out if that neighborhood alive.
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