June is Pride Month, commemorating the June 1969 police raid targeting gay patrons at the Stonewall Inn in New York that led to an uprising of LGBTQ Americans and served as a catalyst for the gay rights movement. “This tragedy took place within feet of me and my (Broward Sheriff’s Office) team, and we are devastated having witnessed this horrific incident.” “Though authorities are still gathering information, we know two individuals marching to celebrate inclusion and equality were struck by a vehicle,” Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony said in a statement. Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Mayor Dean Trantalis (D) said that an incident on Saturday in which a pickup truck ran into a crowd at a Pride parade, leaving one person dead, was a terrorist attack.
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The 77-year-old driver who accidentally mowed down three fellow. Wilton Manors police tweeted Saturday night that the public is not in danger. called the Pride parade incident a 'horrible accident.' Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus. “It was definitely an intentional act right across the lanes of traffic.” “All of a sudden there was a loud revving of a truck and a crash through a fence,” Currie said. A member of a men’s chorus group unintentionally slammed into fellow chorists at the start of a gay pride parade in South Florida, killing one member of the group and seriously injuring another, the group’s director said Sunday, clarifying initial speculation that it was a hate crime directed at the gay community. Spectator Christina Currie told the South Florida SunSentinel that she was with her family at the start of the parade. “May the memory of the life lost be for a blessing.” The driver of a pickup truck slammed into fellow members of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Mens Chorus on Saturday. “I am so heartbroken by what took place at this celebration,” she said. In a statement Saturday night, Wasserman Schultz said she was safe but “deeply shaken and devastated that a life was lost.” Debbie Wasserman Schultz in tears while in a convertible at the parade. Photos and video from the scene showed Democratic U.S. June is Pride Month, commemorating the June 1969 police raid targeting gay patrons at the Stonewall Inn in New York that led to an uprising of LGBTQ Americans and served as a catalyst for the gay rights movement.Police said the driver was taken into custody, but it was unclear whether he had been charged.
18 Footage shows the moment a truck plowed. “This tragedy took place within feet of me and my (Broward Sheriff’s Office) team, and we are devastated having witnessed this horrific incident.” Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis has faced backlash for branding the crash a 'terrorist attack' - as police called the smash a 'terrible accident'. Florida, a gap between the (theoretically) high-speed traffic of I-95. The man who killed one and injured two before the scheduled start of Saturdays Stonewall Pride Parade in Fort. Fort Lauderdale Man Says He Was Attacked for Being Gay. “Though authorities are still gathering information, we know two individuals marching to celebrate inclusion and equality were struck by a vehicle,” Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony said in a statement. Motorcyclist dies in crash near Fort Lauderdale beach.
Wilton Manors police tweeted Saturday night that the public is not in danger. Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis is walking back on his remarks to this weekends deadly crash at the Stonewall Pride Parade in nearby Wilton Manors, saying he regrets calling the crash a. “All of a sudden there was a loud revving of a truck and a crash through a fence,” Currie said. Spectator Christina Currie told the South Florida SunSentinel that she was with her family at the start of the parade. called the Pride parade incident a 'horrible accident.' Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus The 77-year-old driver who accidentally mowed down three. “May the memory of the life lost be for a blessing.”
Debbie Wasserman Schultz makes a call after a truck drove into a crowd of people during The Stonewall Pride Parade and Street Festival in Wilton Manors, Florida, J(Chris Day/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)