NEW YORK, May 15, 2021 – NYC Pride announces new policies to address the presence of law enforcement and NYPD at Pride events in New York. NYC Pride seeks to create safer spaces for the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities at a time when violence against marginalized groups, specifically BIPOC and trans communities, has continued to escalate.
The sense of safety that law enforcement is meant to provide can instead be threatening, and at times dangerous, to those in our community who are most often targeted with excessive force and/or without reason. NYC Pride is unwilling to contribute in any way to creating an atmosphere of fear or harm for members of the community. The steps being taken by the organization challenge law enforcement to acknowledge their harm and to correct course moving forward, in hopes of making an impactful change.
Effective immediately, NYC Pride will ban corrections and law enforcement exhibitors at NYC Pride events until 2025. At that time their participation will be reviewed by the Community Relations and Diversity, Accessibility, and Inclusion.
NYC Pride announces new policies to address police presence
And what are they going to do for security?
NYPD is not required to lead first response and security at NYC Pride events. All aspects of first response and security that can be reallocated to trained private security, community leaders, and volunteers will be reviewed.
So they will probably be using former cops and military unless they actually go out of their way and specify people with zero background in law enforcement. But there is more:
An increased budget for security and first response will allow NYC Pride to independently build a first response emergency plan using private security and provide safety volunteers with de-escalation training for first response when necessary.
They do not have anything established other than a thought, a wish and the need to virtue signaling BLM wokeness. So what is the answer?
NYPD will provide first response and security only when absolutely necessary as mandated by city officials. In these instances, NYC Pride will review foreseeable NYPD involvement and, in partnership with surrounding venue precincts, take steps to keep police officers at least one city block away from event perimeter areas where possible.
So they understand that shit may happen that average Rent-A-Cop cannot deal with and neither will the volunteers or community leaders so they need cops after all. But they don’t want to ruin the good “looks” of the parade, so they want them hidden away like the ugly lover that nobody wants to be seen with, but it is the one with the car and the cash to go party.
The sad part? This will be done because it is the Liberal thing to do by DeBlasio and he will order it so. .
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