The Montreal Pride parade was interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters. The group stopped in the middle of René-Lévesque Boulevard, blocking the parade.
An hour into the event, a few dozen protesters broke away from the contingent they were marching in. The group turned around to march against the flow of the parade, to cheers from the crowd and some boos. “Pride is a riot,” they chanted.
After some altercations with the police, the group stopped, blocking the advance of the many contingents behind them and arousing the anger of many participants in the parade. About forty minutes later, the parade resumed, bypassing the group of activists surrounded by the police.
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