Posted on Sep 14, 2023
Breakdown in LGBTQ+ liaison with Capitol Hill Pride is part of a bigger fray with LGBTQ+ Pride...
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When Seattle's LGBTQ+ group Capitol Hill Pride requested police traffic control for a march at Seattle Central College in June, they were turned down, after an exchange of emails.
Last year, the organizers also filed a complaint after the event's organizer Charlette LeFevre asked SPD to comply with their ban on uniformed officers during their event. They didn’t get the response they were looking for from the Office of Police Accountability, which addresses these kinds of complaints.
Last year, the organizers also filed a complaint after the event's organizer Charlette LeFevre asked SPD to comply with their ban on uniformed officers during their event. They didn’t get the response they were looking for from the Office of Police Accountability, which addresses these kinds of complaints.
Breakdown in LGBTQ+ liaison with Capitol Hill Pride is part of a bigger fray with LGBTQ+ Pride...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."No amount of education, controlled, performed pleasantries, bootstrapping, or acting like violence in our communities exists in a vacuum or occurs spontaneously, and 'yes sir,' 'no sir'-ing cops and their familiars and liaisons will keep our communities safe if we are not also actively addressing the systems that create crimes of desperation, depression, and survival, as well as addressing the police force created to further criminalize and terrorize marginalized communities,” they said.
They said they see police presence as a tool of oppression, and that includes when police are at celebrations of pride and symbolic marches — ..."...
..."No amount of education, controlled, performed pleasantries, bootstrapping, or acting like violence in our communities exists in a vacuum or occurs spontaneously, and 'yes sir,' 'no sir'-ing cops and their familiars and liaisons will keep our communities safe if we are not also actively addressing the systems that create crimes of desperation, depression, and survival, as well as addressing the police force created to further criminalize and terrorize marginalized communities,” they said.
They said they see police presence as a tool of oppression, and that includes when police are at celebrations of pride and symbolic marches — ..."...
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Police are shocked to learn that the LGBTQ community sees them as a threat to their very existence and not someone that can be trusted as they should be.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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