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King_David

(14,851 posts) Mon Jul 4, 2016, 11:59 PM Jul 2016

Pride Toronto is backing away from the promises made to Black Lives Matter Toronto during a protest [View all]

Pride Toronto is backing away from the promises made to Black Lives Matter Toronto during a protest that temporarily shut down the Pride Parade.

“My priority yesterday was to make the parade move,” Mathieu Chantelois, the executive director of Pride Toronto, told CP24 the following day on July 4, 2016. “Frankly, Black Lives Matter is not going to tell us that there are no more floats anymore in the parade.”

Instead, Chantelois said it is up to the community and the membership of Pride Toronto to determine whether or not the police should march in Pride.

http://www.dailyxtra.com/toronto/news-and-ideas/news/pride-toronto-backtracks-from-black-lives-matter-promises-196966

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Pride Toronto is backing away from the promises made to Black Lives Matter Toronto during a protest [View all] King_David Jul 2016 OP

An agreement made under duress is meaningless. n/t X_Digger Jul 2016 #1

ahem KMOD Jul 2016 #2

I think the blowback within the LGBTQ community was so massive, King_David Jul 2016 #3

There will be lots of 'splainin' going on. Behind the Aegis Jul 2016 #4

LOL King_David Jul 2016 #7

Most of the blowback KMOD Jul 2016 #5

Not true, King_David Jul 2016 #6

I would hope so. 840high Jul 2016 #13

That is definitely a lie oberliner Jul 2016 #16

Fun fact: The chair of Pride Toronto is Latino and the co-chair is black XemaSab Jul 2016 #8

shaking my head. KMOD Jul 2016 #9

Where do you get your info from? King_David Jul 2016 #10

awww, what's wrong , sparky? buck up. nt m-lekktor Jul 2016 #11

Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #12

Also, the Chief of Police of Toronto is Black oberliner Jul 2016 #17

BLM is a sinking ship... TipTok Jul 2016 #14

If BLM targets GLBTQ peeps as a soft target for protest they are going to fail Monk06 Jul 2016 #15