{"id":251028,"date":"2021-05-16T16:42:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T13:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nypd-says-excluding-cops-from-nyc-pride-is-hurtful\/"},"modified":"2021-05-16T16:42:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T13:42:29","slug":"nypd-says-excluding-cops-from-nyc-pride-is-hurtful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nypd-says-excluding-cops-from-nyc-pride-is-hurtful\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYPD says excluding cops from NYC Pride is ‘hurtful’"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NYPD says excluding cops from NYC Pride is ‘hurtful’<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The NYPD slammed NYC Pride organizers for their \u201churtful\u201d decision to ban cops from marching or participating in the celebration, calling the move \u201cdisapp<\/a>ointing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c@NYCPride\u2019s decision to exclude members of the NYPD from Pride events is hurtful and disappointing,\u201d Deputy Commissioner John Miller\u00a0wrote on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs this scene reminds us, inclusion and dialogue are the oxygen of reform \u2014 everything @GOALny<\/a>\u00a0stands for as they relentlessly challenge and make us a better department.<\/p>\n

Coordinators of the world\u2019s largest gay pride celebration\u00a0announced Saturday that corrections and law enforcement exhibitors will not be able to participate for at least the next five years in order to \u201ccreate safer spaces\u201d for \u201cmarginalized groups.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.@NYCPride<\/a>\u2019s decision to exclude members of the NYPD from Pride events is hurtful and disappointing. As this scene reminds us, inclusion and dialogue are the oxygen of reform \u2014 everything @GOALny<\/a>\u00a0stands for as they relentlessly challenge and make us a better department. pic.twitter.com\/odLP9FO4U0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Deputy Commissioner John Miller (@NYPDDCPI) May 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

\u201cThe 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,\u201d organizers said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cNYC Pride is unwilling to contribute in any way to creating an atmosphere of fear or harm for members of the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Organizers cited law enforcement\u2019s \u201cthreatening, and at times dangerous\u201d presence to those in the LGBTQ+ community.<\/figcaption>
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Detective Brian Downey, president of the NYPD\u2019s Gay Officers Action League, said that members of the police department have been marching at the celebration for nearly four decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what the end game<\/a> is here,\u201d Downey said of the decision. \u201cWhen you create an echo chamber and you take a dissenting voice other than the voice of these activists, who don\u2019t want reform they just want abolition.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n