Protestors block 2019 SF Pride Parade, bring festivities to a halt

Protestors block Sixth and Market streets during the San Francisco Pride Parade on June 30, 2019. Protestors block Sixth and Market streets during the San Francisco Pride Parade on June 30, 2019. Photo: Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE Photo: Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE Image 1 of / 120 Caption Close Protestors block 2019 SF Pride Parade, bring festivities to a halt 1 / 120 Back to Gallery

A group of protestors blocked the parade route at the 2019 San Francisco Pride Parade about an hour after festivities began.

The group, were chained together with rainbow tubes covering what linked their arms, were protesting corporate involvement in the parade and police brutality in America.

For over half an hour, the parade backed up behind the protestors, who sat down across Market Street near 6th Street. Police appeared to arrest at least one of the individuals involved with the protest.

In a video taken by the San Francisco Chronicle, the protestors can be heard chanting "Stonewall was a riot" in reference to the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City that are considered the beginning of the modern gay rights movement.

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One of the protestors could be seen in a video demanding that there be no police or corporations present at the parade.

"The system of policing upholds white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, gender binaries and capitalist rule," the protestor said over a megaphone.

The protest cleared up around noon, and the parade began flowing normally once again.