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Saviolo

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4. Uniformed police officers?

Mon Jun 26, 2017, 05:19 PM

Jun 2017

The police are marching in the Pride parade as a political action. They are using the big grins of their happily marching members of the police services as amazing PR and doing nothing to address systemic racism and mistreatment of queer and trans youth. Pride is a political event from the beginning. If you're expecting it to remain unpolitical, I've got some bad news for you.

If queer POC don't feel safe marching around uniformed and armed police officers because they've seen too much news about the police shooting and killing unarmed black people, then maybe it's the police that should make some changes and not the black people just getting used to having them around.

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Happy Pride! And now here's some history! [View all] Saviolo Jun 2017 OP

So are we going to tell gay cops they can't March? hrmjustin Jun 2017 #1

Not in the slightest Saviolo Jun 2017 #2

Well here in NY yesterday the protestors stopped the March in front of the gay cops group GOAL.. hrmjustin Jun 2017 #3

Uniformed police officers? Saviolo Jun 2017 #4

Have you been to NYC pride ever? hrmjustin Jun 2017 #7

Exactly the same in Toronto Saviolo Jun 2017 #8

Well in NYC they will March in uniform. hrmjustin Jun 2017 #9

Great, good for them Saviolo Jun 2017 #10

Well it would be nice if we can get GOAL and BLM together to talk about hrmjustin Jun 2017 #11

Request.... FreeState Jun 2017 #5

It was a riot, so it wasn't started by one person, clearly Saviolo Jun 2017 #6

Right - but here is my issue (sorry I am a stickler for facts when it comes to history) FreeState Jun 2017 #12

So, in the community at the time Saviolo Jun 2017 #13

Kick and enthusiastic rec The Polack MSgt Jun 2017 #14