1/31/2024 0 Comments Nyc gay pride festival“Heritage of Pride is well aware that the city would not allow a large scale event to occur without police presence. GOAL, which represents LGBTQ officers and members of the NYPD, called the decision to “placate some of the activists in our community is shameful.” The Gay Officers Action League was the first to react to the decision by Heritage of Pride, reacting late Friday before the official announcement came out. “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 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 statement from Heritage of Pride said Saturday. The group plans to fund the use of private security for emergency response and volunteers trained in de-escalation. Instead, the NYPD will “provide first response and security only when absolutely necessary as mandated by city officials” and officers will be kept one block away from the march and other events whenever possible, organizers said.
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