Shooting fears sow chaos at San Francisco, New York City Pride events

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Fears of active shooters at Pride events in New York City and San Francisco caused chaos Sunday, overshadowing the celebrations amid heightened concerns about previous shootings at LGBTQ spaces and the frequency of mass shootings in the United States.

On June 26, fears of active shooters at Pride events in New York City and San Francisco caused chaos as people went running in all directions.

In San Francisco on Saturday, officers patrolling the city’s Civic Center area, where the San Francisco Pride Festival was held, responded to reports of a shooting about 5:30 p.m. They were “unable to locate any victims or witnesses,” Officer Kathryn Winters, a spokeswoman and LGBTQ liaison for the department, said in an email to The Washington Post.

“At this time it does not appear that there was any merit to a shooting in the area, and officers remain on scene to ensure safety and security of Pride events,” she said.that she was at the event and saw people “screaming, running, saying there was shots fired.”She wrote that she started to run with the crowd, adding, “Its just wild to live in a country where we’re all prepared to run or die like that.

In a message responding to questions about unconfirmed reports on social media of tear gas or bear spray being used by police as crowds ran, Winters said: “There was no shooting, I’m confused as to why you would ask about tear gas. Regardless, the San Francisco Police Department does not use tear gas to disperse crowds.”

She added: “The SFPD does not use tear gas and is not equipped with ‘bear gas.’ Without anything more than vague social media reports we cannot comment further.”

 

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It's hard to have your dick out at a family-friendly parade if you're worrying about lawbreakers.

So. There were no shootings.

We see that you are going out of your way to avoid reporting on actual violence at churches and crisis pregnancy centers by pro-abortion activists and reporting on made-up, fictitious violence.

What a world we live in, riven by fear and hate, why not give love and compassion a shot?

But go ahead and ban women’s rights before guns

Fake news. Those states have strick gun control laws in place. Thanks for playing.

Wait... Fears of active shooters? So there was wasn't a active shooter? Just a fear?

Christofascists feel emboldened and there’s too many damn guns in the US

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