the only reason cops are at pride now is to intimidate gay people into not making it a riot again and i will stand by that fact until the day i die
If the occasion should arise and I attend a pride festival, I would also like it to not become a riot.
imagine being this guy
arent they there? to stop any attacks from the anti lgbt groups?? yknow the ones that ALWAYS gather there???
contrary to what this newer generation of lgbt people think, cops are a new addition to prides. only within the past 10/20 years have they actually started “protecting” pride. aka standing around and intimidating the general public. historically, lgbt people have protected ourselves and eachother during pride events. from police in a lot of cases actually. ive been to pride events where the anti lgbt protesters were the ones being “protected” from the pride crowd… the cops arent there for us. theyre there to boost the image of the police force and make us think they care. the only people who feel safe around cops are the classes that they are meant to protect and people who are uneducated about police. (theres a heavy overlap as well.) you may feel safe around cops but many people do not. theyre literally dogs to the upper class.
In hamilton ontario the cops let neo nazis attack people and said they didnt help because people didnt want them there
I was at NYC Pride a couple of years ago and a massive section of the main route was completely dedicated to cops. The sight of a prison bus driving by with rainbow flags on it made me sick. That was the year that Toronto Pride asked the police not to bring guns to pride. And so the NYPD invited them to our parade, marching through and proudly brandishing their guns. Back at the Stonewall Inn, people who were protesting the commercialization of Pride were beaten by police. I used to buy some of what the commenters above are saying about protection, but after seeing all of that Pride needs to be anti cop.
my town in CT has an annual, family-friendly Pride In The Park event where theres stuff like drag queen story time, stalls for lgbtq artists to sell their art, face painting, etc. and it’s all very chill and friendly. literally the most tame, relaxed event ever. two years ago the banner at the front of the event was vandalized with homophobic slurs the night before the event, and the organizers decided to independently check the security cam footage before calling the cops…and guess who vandalized the banner! take a wild goddamn guess who sprayed the f slur directly over the words “kids welcome” on this community-funded sign at this community event. it was an off-duty cop from the same unit that was scheduled to show up the next day “for the event’s protection”.
Never forget the first pride literally happened as a reaction to police brutality. And this is the exactly why it should stay that way.
HEY GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING FUNNY
of course this clown is a transphobe, lmao
























