Chicago Pride brawl: 3 gays arrested, homophobes go free
A Cook County judge set bail Monday for three young gay men accused of fighting with police. The melee which took place at Chicago's Gay Pride Parade on Sunday was actually a brawl between gay rights activists and a group carrying anti-gay signs. Supporters of the three activists taken into custody insisted yesterday that police arrested the wrong people. "We find it outrageous that gay people who were there in support of their own day were arrested and targeted instead of the people who, frankly, were trying to bust up our parade," said Andy Thayer, a spokesman for The Chicago Anti-Bashing Network. Robert David Bernstine, 17, of Oak Park, Jeremy A. Hammond, 19, and Neal A. Rysdahl, 21, both of Chicago, are all charged with aggravated battery to a police officer, resisting arrest and reckless conduct, prosecutors said.
Chicago Sun-Times
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