After George Floyd was killed by police last year, the leftmost pride organizationwore uniforms from the city's LGBT pride march. I locked out the police. All over the United States.
In Newyork and San Francisco, LGBT police officers were allowed to participate in the city's pride parade, but uniforms were bannedthe same openly Was also true in Aurora, Illinois. The gay police chief was famous for proudly marching at the city's annual parade. Meanwhile, Seattle's PrideFest told police to stay completely away from thefestival venue
Excluding police from pride is a homosexual attraction that is inherent in police disgust. It is rooted in the idea of doing. Police do not truly have the best interests of the LGBT community. But that's rare. For one thing, anti-homosexual hate crimes in places like New York are rare — anti-LGBT hate crimes reported in 2020 were only 57, down from 107 in 2016. Criminal justice, and when they occur, victims often report very positive interactions with police.
Take theCinco de Mayodorus in New York City The 2015 BBQ Hate Crimeshappened when a young gay man knocked over a fellow patron's drink on his way out of a Dallas BBQ restaurant in Manhattan. A conflict broke out and other patrons fired an anti-homosexual slur before breaking a wooden chair over the victim's head. Bayna-Lekheim El-Amin, who lives in Bronx, was later arrested and found to be gay.
The Hate Climb investigation has been withdrawn. However, after El-Amin was arrested, victim Jonathan Snipes wroteon Facebook. I am humble and very grateful for their help. Even in the turmoil, we feel very fortunate to have shown such compassion.
It began in June 1969, after regular attacks on illegal gay bars in Pride Greenwich Village caused clashes between officers and patrons. The Stonewall Rebellion, named after the Stonewall Inn where the incident took place, lasted almost a week and is widely seen as the starting point for the modern gay rights movement.
Now, more than 50 years later, many on the left are finding useful similarities between Black Lives Matter and the gay community. They are trying to dislike all Stonewall riots. Unless the entire gay movement is modified, it always claims to be a "anti-policeman."
But as crime surged nationwide, things changed. Even the mayors of the Democratic Party are blasting pride organizations because of their stance.
In May, San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced that he would not participate in theface-to-face pride parade for the first time in two years unless he changed his position. "It's one of my favorite events of the year," Breed said. "But if the Pride Commission does not overturn that decision, I will join the public security department of our city, which has not participated in the Pride Parade."
That same month, New York City Mayor Eric Adamscondemned the exclusion this Sunday in his city paradeFrom a uniformed police officer. "The officers who ban uniforms in pride are disappointed and inconsistent with free speech," his spokesman told the post. Meanwhile, Aurora Mayor Richard Irvinhas revoked the city's parade permitdue to police bans, but will eventually hold an event on June 12, after threatening to sue the organizers. Allowed that.
This backlash from the Democratic Party suggests that the party is finally softening the rhetoric of anti-police officers. Perhaps that's because their rich donors are fed up with the surge of crime in big cities. Or even President Joe Biden is doing bad things because he's among the party's bosses, calling the anti-police a "dispel police" crusade
Nonetheless, many far-left true believers have not let go, which is slightly grounded. It exacerbates the tension between some democratic leadership and its batty ranks and files. As such, pride has become the moment of the annual loudspeaker as the loudest and most exciting foundation of the far-left progressive movement.
Police officers are the latest targets. Their presence in the pride humanizes police officers, and the left end cannot have it. Perhaps the most evil aspect of police bans is this: In each city where police are prohibited from marching, police are still required to provide security in the case. For police officers, the message is clear: stick to the bystanders and do your job. Shy — while the rest of us are celebrating our pride.
Chadwick Moore is the Editor-in-Chief and Contribution Editor of Outspoken for The Spectator. So you were sent to diversity training in his book, : Smile through the Apocalypse of DEI, will be released on September 27th.
