On Saturday morning dozens of people were gathered outside the Reading City Hall on Washington Street to participate in the city’s first ever “Pride March and Rally” endorsed by Mayor Eddie Moran

If its taken until literally 2023 for your city to have a Pride Parade, its probably because the populace doesn't want it. The fact that they had to throw in the mayor endorsing it tells me it was absolutely an inorganic push meant to raise a political portfolio over a bunch of gays setting it up themselves.

Matthew Wear of Reading, who told The Lancaster Patriot that he had been preaching prior to Atkins’ arrival and was told to stop by the same police officer who later handcuffed Atkins. Wear said he preached for about twelve minutes and then began filming the event from across the street.

So the cops were already ready and unfettered to arrest immediately and quickly. Further proof that the politicians in charge knew it would go down poorly and wanted to shut down any problems before they could happen.

Which, given its a fat doughboy doing the arrest with two girlcop harpies hanging around him, they probably didn't have to work hard to convince them.