A 38-year-old woman has been arrested after homophobic abuse was shouted at people taking part in a Pride march.
Footage posted on social media showed a woman wearing a black niqab repeatedly shouting “shame on you” at participants as they passed. One of the participants was wearing a rainbow LGBT flag.
In the video, taken during the event in Waltham Forest, east London, she could be heard shouting: “God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. Shame on you, shame on all of you. Shame on you, you despicable people.”
Waltham Forest Police
(@MPSWForest)Officers investigating footage circulating on social media of abuse directed at those taking part in a Pride event in Waltham Forest have arrested a 38-year-old woman under section 4a of the Public Order Act. She has been taken into custody at a north London police station.
The Metropolitan police’s Waltham Forest Twitter account said on Monday: “Officers investigating footage circulating on social media of abuse directed at those taking part in a Pride event in Waltham Forest have arrested a 38-year-old woman under section 4a of the Public Order Act. She has been taken into custody at a north London police station.”
