June is LGBT Pride Month and two of Seattle’s largest festivities are barring cops from attending or patrolling. In one case, Delta Airlines is supporting an event with an adversarial view of police.
Both PrideFest and Capitol Hill Pride are asking cops to stay away, though for somewhat different reasons. Despite the thousands expected to attend both events, officers are not welcome on site unless there’s an active emergency. Cops are, apparently, too triggering to LGBT attendees — or at least the leadership of both groups.
Beyond the clear public safety issues this decision could pose, it sends a clear message to gay officers: stay in the closet as
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