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San Francisco Pride Bans Police Uniforms At Parade While Other Attendees Prepare To March
Posted on 6/1/22 at 7:51 pm
Posted on 6/1/22 at 7:51 pm
SIAP - The Federalist
Looks like our rainbow friends are mad at the Po Po, too.
Looks like our rainbow friends are mad at the Po Po, too.
quote:
By: Tristan Justice June 01, 2022
Police in San Francisco will no longer attend the city’s pride parade at the end of June after organizers barred officers from wearing their official uniforms through the streets they’ve sworn to protect.
“We want them to march in the parade,” said Suzanne Ford, executive director of San Francisco Pride, in an interview with a local ABC affiliate last week — so long as they obey a dress code. Meanwhile, plenty of attendees will maintain their tradition of marching naked.
“They can march in marching t-shirts that say SF police, or SF County Sheriff’s Department, that’s fine, but no full uniform.”
The San Francisco Police Department responded by refusing to participate. “Even though our members may not be marching in this year’s Pride Parade, the San Francisco Police Department will be on hand to ensure that everyone attending and participating in SF Pride Weekend activities enjoys a safe and celebratory Pride Weekend in San Francisco,” the department announced in a press release.
San Francisco Police Officers Pride Alliance condemned the organizers’ decision in stronger terms through a three-page press release. “Let us be clear: this committee would not order the leather community to wear polyester at the parade. This committee would not order the drag community to wear flannel,” the officers’ pride coalition said. “But they have told us, peace officers, that if we wear our uniforms, we may not attend. For LGBTQ+ officers, this brings us back to a time when we had to hide at work that we were LGBTQ+.”
The San Francisco Fire Department announced the city’s firefighters would join the police in solidarity. “We need to allow the public to see that our uniformed law enforcement officers are good, they do reflect our community,” Fire Department spokesman Jonathan Baxter told ABC7.
Mayor London Breed said she will also sit out of the parade unless organizers offer to capitulate on servicemembers’ uniforms. “I love the Pride Parade, and what it means for our LGBTQ community and for our city. It’s one of my favorite events of the year,” Breed told ABC7. “However, if the Pride Board does not reverse its decision, I will join our city public safety departments that are not participating in the Pride Parade.”
Organizers of Seattle pride events have similarly asked police not to attend the community festivities. “Leaders of PrideFest have asked police to stay off of the festival grounds for this year’s June 26 event,” Axios reported last week of the festivities that take place at the end of the city’s grand parade. “PrideFest is making the same request for a smaller event it will host June 25 on Capitol Hill.”
PrideFest organizers also barred police from a rally held in its historically gay neighborhood, saying the animosity is warranted because of law enforcement’s use of force during the 2020 riots. “We will continue to request police stay respectfully at the perimeters,” Seattle’s Capitol Hill group told Axios.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 7:54 pm to Mellow Drama
So are they going to cancel the Village People too? The cop was the lead singer. And fabulous.
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Posted on 6/1/22 at 7:55 pm to Mellow Drama
Since when can you dictate terms to the police and ban them from a public event?
Posted on 6/1/22 at 7:55 pm to Mellow Drama
Lt. Jim Dangle reporting for booty
This post was edited on 6/1/22 at 7:56 pm
Posted on 6/1/22 at 7:56 pm to Mellow Drama
Can we just put these people back in the closet already?
Posted on 6/1/22 at 7:56 pm to Mellow Drama
There were riots in 2020? Interesting…
Posted on 6/1/22 at 7:59 pm to Mellow Drama
This is what our society has become: arguing over who has the "privilege" of marching in a parade celebrating degeneracy.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 8:00 pm to Mellow Drama
I’m glad San Francisco has their priorities in order. Why tf does anyone care about something so insignificant while the country is falling apart.
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Posted on 6/1/22 at 8:01 pm to Mellow Drama
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Posted on 6/1/22 at 8:01 pm to Mellow Drama
Let them have their parade with no police presence. Just turn your back when the gangs attack.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 8:04 pm to Mellow Drama
I wonder what they would say if cops didn’t show up period and some terrible thing happens.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 8:11 pm to Mellow Drama
https://www.gaytravel4u.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/San-Francisco-Gay-Pride-1-1-768x355.jpg
Are these gentlemen really police or is this just their costume? I mean, just six years ago there were police uniforms in the parade.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 8:13 pm to Mellow Drama
quote:
Bay Area Reporter :: Pride bans uniformed SFPD officers in 2021 parade
This post was edited on 6/1/22 at 8:14 pm
Posted on 6/1/22 at 8:27 pm to Mellow Drama
quote:
Mayor London Breed said she will also sit out of the parade unless organizers offer to capitulate on servicemembers’ uniforms. “I love the Pride Parade, and what it means for our LGBTQ community and for our city. It’s one of my favorite events of the year,” Breed told ABC7. “However, if the Pride Board does not reverse its decision, I will join our city public safety departments that are not participating in the Pride Parade.”
That’s a good move.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 8:34 pm to Pandy Fackler
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Queers have become so tiresome.
I hope the hood rats jack the shite out of them
Posted on 6/1/22 at 8:37 pm to Mellow Drama
So a guy can march with his junk hanging but a police officer can't wear a uniform? Sounds like something you would expect in San Francisco.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 8:44 pm to Mellow Drama
So who in the hell runs the city and issues parade permits? I don’t know how everyone one else’s city is run but around here the organization that receives the permit adheres to the city rules. If said organization issued demands they’d be told to go f themselves.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 8:48 pm to Mellow Drama
The alphabet people and their constant need for attention is tiresome.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 8:50 pm to Mellow Drama
Honestly rooting for the nukes at this point.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 9:06 pm to Mellow Drama
Someone wearing assless chaps and walking a toddler on a leash can walk in the parade but not a cop in uniform?
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