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.
A sodomite farted?
Fireworks and unknown odors are frightening...contracting a life changing,or ending, infection is not......alrighty then.....
Aren’t modern fireworks made of chemical agents?
“… 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?
>> hair spray
Wasn’t Divine from Charm City?
Including you and me.
Hairspray attack?? Too funny.
If they’re so proud of their pride why did they remove Gay
“Can you say “False Flag” Boys and Girls?”
Can you say “Muslims”?
I’d hate sitting next to him on the bus.
Can’t even find anything in the Baltimore press about this. Out of state online news trying to stir up stuff.
“hair spray”
So, how did we survive the 50s and the 60s?
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LOL, great comment.
(And my cat is more amusing too — when she isn’t biting me.)
“possible chemical agent”
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Soap and water?
That’s a shame.
Let's see: HIV, AIDS, clap, gender confusion, lewdness, womanface, lawlessness...
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.
What a freak show. To think that they have “pride” in being freaks of nature. Sheesh!
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