Dolls and Gents drill team removed from Seattle parade, organizers cite security concerns

Seafair said the move was made in response to the arrest of three unaffiliated teenagers at a separate parade last weekend.

SEATTLE — The Dolls and Gents Drill Team and Drumline has been removed from the annual Seafair Torchlight parade, one week after a group of unaffiliated teens were arrested with guns at the Chinatown-International District parade.

According to court documents in the gun case, the mother of a murdered member of the drill team suggested the teens were involved in her son’s death and were at the parade to harm the victim’s friends on the team. 

Police have not publicly acknowledged any connection

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