"It’s important for us to support all members of our community no matter what their background or whatever their views on the world might be. “For us one of our biggest months of the year, coming together as a community to support everybody. Enrique Tarrio faces destruction of property charges. Inspector Gavin Hegarty, from Waterford garda station, said it was important for gardaí to show their support for the event and solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community. The leader of the far-right Proud Boys group has been released after his arrest on suspicion of burning a Black Lives Matter flag last month. Before stealing and burning a Gay Pride flag from a lesbian couple's home in Omaha, NE, Cameron Mayfield walked passed several houses with other flags. “We really think of the LGBT people across Waterford who wouldn’t be able to stand here and be proud and we want this to be a really clear message that LGBT people are part of communities in Waterford.” “Being able to be visible is a really important thing to do because we get knocked down but we stand back up,” said Debbie O’Rourke, from the Pride of the Déise group. Police: Man arrested for trying to burn pride flag in downtown Sioux Falls. Today, activists, politicians, and gardaí gathered outside County Council buildings at the Mall for the re-raising of the Pride flags.
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The flags had been erected to mark “Pride of the Déise” - a celebration of the LGBTQ+ community in the county over the Bank Holiday weekend.
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