Police Disrupt Gay Pride Event, Then An Incredible Thing Happens

In The Young Turks on YouTube by Hlarson0 Comments

 

“A crowd-dispersing method turned into an unwitting symbol of defiance, if this photo is to be believed, in Taksim Square, Turkey yesterday, where the annual gay pride parade was being held.

Turkish police used water cannon trucks and rubber pellets on those gathered in the centre of Istanbul, despite the parade having taken place peacefully the year before.

Attendees were injured by the cannons, according to Hurriyet Daily, though amongst the disruption one onlooker took a photo that purportedly showed one of the jets creating a rainbow in the sunlight.”

Read more here:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/police-in-turkey-blast-pride-parade-with-water-cannons-accidentally-create-rainbow-10353695.html

Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

The Young Turks June 29, 2015 Hour 1
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTpcK80irdQhQyVZ2cJLWGSmNqmihXRn

 

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