Two teenage girls were sitting with their legs intertwined in Alsina Square in Morón when four police officers confronted them, demanding they separate. A witness saw this, filmed it, and asked the police why they had acted that way. They responded that it was because they were "indecent exposure" and that it wasn't "moral" because there were minors in the square. In the Buenos Aires district of Morón, on Wednesday, April 19, as night fell, municipal police officers confronted two girls sitting in Alsina Square, demanding they separate. Verónica Luque, who was passing by, saw the situation, approached, filmed it, and confronted the officers. According to information obtained by Presentes from Mayor Ramiro Tagliaferro's spokesperson, the officers have been placed on administrative leave. Furthermore, during the past week, training sessions were held with more than 100 officers to prevent situations of discrimination. According to Luque, speaking to Presentes , the girls were sitting on a bench with their legs crossed. When he confronted the police officer who separated them, the officer—who refused to identify himself—said the girls were sitting “on top of each other.” “They were in a position that, in reality, you can’t sit like that on the bench,” the officer tried to justify in the video Luque shared on his Facebook account.

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When Luque asked the police officer where there were any regulations about how to sit, the officer replied, “It’s up to each person’s morals.” Later in the video, the officers tell her that the women were there “putting on an exhibition and there are minors present.” That’s their argument. “It was clearly because of their sexual orientation. In an empty plaza, with the children’s playground deserted because the rain had turned everything into mud, and with evening approaching, the police descended upon the two of them,” Luque said.. The police approach was not violent, and the two women did not resist and left the plaza. Florencia Paltrineri, a lesbian leader from Conurbanos por la Diversidad (Suburbs for Diversity), stated: “We cannot allow practices of persecution against forms of love that differ from heteronormativity.” The organization issued a statement condemning the incident, considering it “a serious act of discrimination based on sexual orientation.” The organization called for a kiss-in on Sunday the 30th at 5 PM in front of the plaza to protest the incident.