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Offline JMT

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Re: Trudeau to Gay People: Sorry, my bad
« Reply #15 on: June 26, 2017, 11:30:54 am »
They don't want to ban police from participating as members of the LGBTQ community. They don't want them participating in uniform because that uniform is a symbol that to many people signifies brutality, violence, and oppression. It's a reasonable request given current circumstances with police in North America. You remember Rodney King and the subsequent riots? Asking that cops don't wear their uniforms in the pride parade because many people of colour don't feel safe around them is a hell of a lot better than destroying a city in protest to disgusting police behaviour.

If this were a BLM march, I'd see your point.  It's not though.  Many people are having uniformed officers as a point of reconciliation and change between the police and the gay community gst they previously marginalized.  I think it really undermines that to give in to demands from a group of people whom the day is not primarily about in the face of opposition to demands form many members of the gay community, who the day is actually about.