Frank Egan, a member of the Brixton gay community, wore a meat cleaver in his head dress at the 1980 Gay Pride March as part of his radical drag costume. A policeman foolishly arrested him for carrying an offensive weapon. This led to an immediate march in protest against the arrest and the besieging of the police station where Frank was being held along with others who had also been arrested. Fearing a confrontation they were released and later they were all acquitted.