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We urge those who attend our activities to again be mindful of the social distancing conventions which of late we have relaxed. Testing is widely available visit /testing-sites/ If you feel unwell or think you might have been exposed to COVID-19 please do not attend. If you are not fully vaccinated please consider delaying your return to FRWFL activities until you are immunized for the sake of our members and attendees. Then follow through with your immunization. If you are not fully vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 please speak with your physician or visit to find the nearest provider. It’s about what really happened and we need to focus on that,” he said.In light of the increasing COVID-19 positivity rate in South Florida driven largely by the Delta variant, and in line with recent CDC advice the FWRFL Board of Directors urges the following: The apology needs to come from the person who perpetrated this act, OK? You know, it’s not about Dean Trantalis. That’s where the apology needs to come from. “So the apology goes to him and his family and his friends and the people that knew him. “Let’s focus on what really happened, and what happened was that someone was killed,” he told. “My heart breaks for all impacted by this tragedy,” Trantalis said.īy Monday, he was trying to put the spotlight on the pickup truck’s driver instead of on him. Flowers left for the victim of the car accident at the Pride Parade on June 20, 2021. Police investigating the scene of the accident at the Pride Parade in Wilton Manors, Florida, on June 19, 2021. As the facts continue to be pieced together, a picture is emerging of an accident in which a truck careened out of control,” he continued. “Law enforcement took what appeared obvious to me and others nearby and investigated further - as is their job. I feared it could be intentional based on what I saw from mere feet away,” he said in a statement. I reported what I saw to law enforcement and had strong concerns about what transpired - concerns for the safety of my community. “I was an eyewitness to the horrifying events. He called it the “worst of tragedies” and said the grief in the LGBT community “is palpable.” I certainly need to do more of the former and less of the latter,” wrote another.īy Sunday afternoon, Trantalis was walking back his comments. I’m sorry I didn’t think before speaking. “I’d also add: I’m clearly not a good leader and should not be the mayor of this, or any other city. “Issue an actual apology along with a resignation letter,” one user posted on Twitter.Īnother user urged Trantalis to admit: “I was wrong.” The blowback to his premature conclusion was swift.
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WPLG The driver of the truck getting apprehended after the accident at the parade. Luckily they missed that person, but unfortunately, they hit two other people.” The pickup truck that hit two people and killed one at a Pride Parade in Wilton Manors, Florida. It was deliberate, it was premeditated, and it was targeted against a specific person. This is clearly a terrorist act against the LGBT community,” Trantalis told the station Saturday. “This is exactly what it is. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fla.).Īfter the accident, Mayor Dean Trantalis told that he was a witness. The man’s 2011 Dodge Ram pickup truck accelerated unexpectedly at the beginning of the parade, striking two people and coming close to plowing into a car carrying Rep. It turned out that Saturday’s deadly crash at the Stonewall Pride Parade in Wilton Manors was an accident, according to the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, caused by a 77-year-old man who wanted to take part in the event but had physical ailments that prevented him from walking. The mayor of Fort Lauderdale is apologizing for rushing to dub a car crash at a Pride Parade in South Florida that killed one marcher and injured another a “terrorist attack against the LGBT community” - after facing intense backlash and calls to step down. NYPD vehicle collides with dirt biker in the Bronx Utah man allegedly high on meth driving 100 mph crashes, kills two 3-year-olds: sheriff
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