New York “Pride” wants to exclude police officers from the parade
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Policeman at the “Pride” parade in New York 2019 – the presence of state power there is to be reduced in the future
Quelle: pa/ZUMAPRESS.com/William Volcov
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Christopher Street Day emerged in response to police violence against homosexuals. In the meantime, police groups often take part in the parades – in New York this should now be over. They are also no longer welcome there as security forces.
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Dhe organizers of the New York “Pride” parade no longer want to allow police officers to participate in the major event. “With immediate effect, the ‘NYC Pride’ will ban groups of law enforcement and law enforcement officials at NYC Pride events until 2025,” a statement said on Saturday.
In the past few years, LGBTQ groups of police officers had also marched at the “Pride”. After the deadline, the decision should be reviewed, it said. The number of police officers deployed to protect the parade should also be significantly reduced; the organizers say they want to increasingly rely on private security forces.
The New York “Pride” is responding to calls by the LGBTQ community (English abbreviation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and queer), which has been going on for years, not to allow the police to be present in view of the history of the event. The parade dates back to the 1969 Stonewall riots. At that time, revelers in the popular gay bar “Stonewall Inn” on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village in Manhattan resisted a police raid.
