PBS NewsHour

In Poland, anti-LGBTQ sentiment boils over into violence

Clip: 07/22/2019 | 6m 39s | Video has closed captioning.

A mob of right-wing Poles has attacked a pride march in the town of Bialystok, one of several areas declaring themselves to be LGBTQ-free. The incident represents the realization of the fears of the U.S. ambassador to Poland, Georgette Mosbacher, who worried a conservative Polish newspaper's pledge to distribute anti-gay stickers would stoke violence. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports.