LA Pride is reportedly facing tough criticism online for asking the Los Angeles Police Department for permission to hold a march next weekend in solidarity with Black Lives Matter after the death of George Floyd.
The Los Angeles Times reported that activists were upset that the organizer went to the police for a special event permit application and said partnering with cops essentially goes against why BLM is protesting in the first place.
I’ve been informed @LAPride is, in fact, working with police for their so-called “Black solidarity” march. Attached is a screenshot of an event producer’s letter to the LAPD underscoring “a strong and unified partnership with law enforcement.” Homos, this is not it. pic.twitter.com/7YkndfDUrV
— Fran Tirado (@fransquishco) June 5, 2020
Two things: 1. It is my policy to always call people in before I call them out. I had already emailed LA Pride asking these questions, and they replied avoiding the truth. When I found out the truth retroactively, that’s why I brought this to light.
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— Fran Tirado (@fransquishco) June 5, 2020
2. As angry as we are at LA Pride, non-black queers should conscript themselves in this narrative and find solutions for our failures. We should build something like @queermarch in its stead, with black organizers, so we don’t co-opt the movement.
— Fran Tirado (@fransquishco) June 5, 2020
Jeff Consoletti, who reportedly submitted the request to police, apologized and announced that he was no longer working with the event. He took to Instagram to say that he sees “that these actions demonstrated the type of privileged, passive, and systemic issues that permeate society today. Our desire to stand with the Black Lives Matter movement was not carefully thought through. I am appreciative of the education I am receiving on how to be better and can see now that it is not right to take up space or attention from the conversation of racial inequality and the injustice Black people face from law enforcement.”
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