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Several hurt after suspected ‘chemical agent’ released at Pride event, Baltimore police say
PennLive ^ | 16 June A.D. 2024 | Matt Hubbard

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.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: abominationmonth; baltimore; gas; homosexualagenda; pride; pridemonth
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To: lightman

A sodomite farted?


21 posted on 06/16/2024 8:14:19 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: lightman

Fireworks and unknown odors are frightening...contracting a life changing,or ending, infection is not......alrighty then.....


22 posted on 06/16/2024 8:15:03 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: lightman

Aren’t modern fireworks made of chemical agents?


23 posted on 06/16/2024 8:17:52 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: lightman

“… that it could have been mace, hair spray or “another agent.”

Given the location, I’d go with the hair spray, but who knows? Maybe fish sauce?


24 posted on 06/16/2024 8:17:53 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.)
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To: lightman

>> hair spray

Wasn’t Divine from Charm City?


25 posted on 06/16/2024 8:21:22 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)
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To: monkeyshine
Everything is made of Chemical Agents.

Including you and me.

26 posted on 06/16/2024 8:21:26 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: lightman

Hairspray attack?? Too funny.


27 posted on 06/16/2024 8:32:32 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: lightman

If they’re so proud of their pride why did they remove Gay


28 posted on 06/16/2024 8:33:17 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: LegendHasIt

“Can you say “False Flag” Boys and Girls?”

Can you say “Muslims”?


29 posted on 06/16/2024 8:40:34 PM PDT by Fai Mao (The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts )
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To: PGR88

I’d hate sitting next to him on the bus.


30 posted on 06/16/2024 8:42:57 PM PDT by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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To: lightman

Can’t even find anything in the Baltimore press about this. Out of state online news trying to stir up stuff.


31 posted on 06/16/2024 8:57:48 PM PDT by gunnut
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To: lightman

“hair spray”

So, how did we survive the 50s and the 60s?

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32 posted on 06/16/2024 9:35:49 PM PDT by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Celtic Conservative

LOL, great comment.

(And my cat is more amusing too — when she isn’t biting me.)


33 posted on 06/16/2024 9:52:10 PM PDT by Veto! (FJB Sucks Rocks)
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To: lightman

“possible chemical agent”

###########

Soap and water?


34 posted on 06/16/2024 10:11:33 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: lightman

35 posted on 06/17/2024 2:11:19 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: lightman

That’s a shame.


36 posted on 06/17/2024 3:51:36 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (The media has one job and even with Constitutional protections they cannot do it.)
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To: lightman
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.

Let's see: HIV, AIDS, clap, gender confusion, lewdness, womanface, lawlessness...

37 posted on 06/17/2024 5:18:18 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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To: lightman

Honoring those who spread AIDS all across the US back in 1980. Then they donated blood to infect the blood supply and bring it to the general public.


38 posted on 06/17/2024 6:26:41 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force!--G. Washington)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

What a freak show. To think that they have “pride” in being freaks of nature. Sheesh!


39 posted on 06/17/2024 6:29:14 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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