More clandestine measures, in addition to an increased public presence, will be integral to the security measures. Bomb-sniffing dogs, rooftop patrols and boats are also part of the security plan for Sunday’s parade. People carrying images of those killed in the Pulse nightclub shooting walk as part of a vigil during the 46th annual Gay Pride March, June 26, 2016, in New York. The New York Police Department said it will increase the number of officers in and around the parade route. New York City is also taking additional measures to ensure the safety of more than 20,000 parade participants and more than 1.6 million spectators, the Wall Street Journal reported. But rather than feeling safer with the security boost, some LGBT members instead were uncomfortable with plans for larger numbers of police and metal detectors at the parade. Clinton, flanked by Secret Secret agents. Photo by Damon Winter, The New York Times.
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James Infirmary also participating, the Associated Press reported. Under a sea of rainbow flags, hundreds of thousands of jubilant supporters poured onto New York's streets for the annual Gay Pride March, two days after the US Supreme Court's landmark ruling to. Hillary Clinton marched in the New York Pride parade on Sunday, highlighting her support for same-sex marriage and national LGBT nondiscrimination laws. The Transgender, Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project and Black Lives Matter had planned to serve as honorary grand marshals for the gay pride 2016 parade in San Francisco, with the St. Officials in New York City and San Francisco announced plans for heightened security at Sunday's gay pride 2016 parades in the wake of the deadly Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida.īut plans for an increased police presence have resulted in some unintended consequences, with three groups - Black Lives Matter the Transgender, Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project and a health clinic - announcing plans to withdraw from the San Francisco gay pride parade.