Eight people have been charged following Sydney's Mardi Gras parade.
An estimated 120,000 spectators and 12,500 participants attended famous event yesterday, according to police.
Police flooded the area to remove the group as the Rainbow Labor float, which was joined by NSW Premier Chris Minss, entered the area.Mardi Gras parade turns Sydney streets into sea of rainbowsAccording to NSW Police, seven men and two women were arrested for entering the parade route as the Premier approached.
"As a queer person I feel that it's our responsibility to express support and solidarity here at Mardi Gras with Palestinians resisting the settler-colonial zionist entity and its genocidal violence," said an anonymous member of the group responsible for the protests, Queers in Solidarity with Palestinian Resistance.
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