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    Uniformed police barred from joining Pride events

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    1. YsoL8 on

      Obviously

      One of the things any society emphatically does not need is a politicised police force

    2. SojournerInThisVale on

      Finally, some common sense. It was outrageous that they were allowed to participate at a nakedly political event while in uniform

    3. upthetruth1 on

      Some of the comments under this post are concerning

      I don’t think this recent backlash is going to end with trans people

    4. n0lesshuman on

      This article brought to you by the same cunts who keep giving Nigel Farage television appearances.

    5. BusyBeeBridgette on

      They should only be there to keep the peace, as is their entire raison d’être. and not to actively participate.

    6. Canipaywithclaps on

      Wrong decision.

      Uniform policing works so much better when officers are integrated into communities. People feel safer, there is less confrontation etc.

    7. limeflavoured on

      I get the logic behind this, but it maybe won’t help the perception of the police among some LGBT people.

    8. TedBRandom on

      *”I do not allow the altering of police uniform or the changing of the livery of police vehicles to show support for any cause.”*

      Bet he forgets this come Poppy season…

    9. Y-Bob on

      Stupid decision. If the Bill want communities to trust them, particularly communities that are potentially vulnerable, then they need to engage.

      Who was it hurting that a copper danced a bit at Pride? Nobody except the cunts that live in a hate filled fantasy world, that’s who.

    10. irving_braxiatel on

      I’m torn with this news – on the one hand, any pushback against queer inclusion is almost invariably bad news.

      But on the other, the police shouldn’t fucking be at Pride anyway. It’s meant to be a protest against societal and state oppression, which the police uphold.

    11. hgjayhvkk on

      Good decisions lately. Don’t need pride flags in police fans and don’t need them in involved in any event. Nor do we need starmer or Rayner involved in anything pride events.

    12. Lucidream- on

      So being queer is a “cause” now? And police can’t present themselves in any way that would denote that they aren’t heterosexual in case they support this mystical “cause”?

    13. d0ey on

      When I saw the headline I thought it might be about confusion of uniformed officers being mistaken for peacekeeping the parades, rather than participating, and I could kind of get onboard…

      But it apparently being showing ‘support for a cause’ as being the reason it’s so wrong? When the ’cause’ is legal, has been for decades, and is enshrined in literally every layer of law we have? Genuinely, how is it any different from having the right to enter a contract to buy a car at this point, beyond homophobic people?

    14. gamingninja12 on

      Imagine being so phobic and petty that when your government, companies and TV broadcasts are being completely against anything LGBT that when the police say the people deserve to feel safe you just straight up ban them from being allowed to be there.

    15. homelaberator on

      Don’t want to be seen as supporting “a cause”, yet they have a hate crime team.

      Crime is bad. Don’t do a crime.

    16. LifeMasterpiece6475 on

      My take on this is if a police officer is not on duty they should not be wearing their uniform in a parade.

      If they are on duty, their main job is to keep the peace, for the likes of a carnival if they are dancing with people so what, As long as there’s sufficient police to keep an eye on things and they are prepared to stop dancing and act when needed, it doesn’t really matter.

      But for protest, or where conflict is expected, on duty police officers should not show favouritism to either side, be that having a badge on the uniform or waving a flag. If they support the cause they should wait until off duty.

    17. Ok_Conference7012 on

      What’s up with all these comments calling this the “wrong decision”? The police are not supposed to be biased and participate in protests or activism while in uniform. It looks corrupt and makes it seem like the police favors one group of people over another 

    18. Quiet-Deadly991 on

      Wrong answer, as we do need to protected as knuckle dragging men and women who have been abusing us on a daily basis

    20. munkijunk on

      Since when is someone’s sexuality a “cause”? This rapid slide into American zealotry and attack on freedoms is quite worrying.

    21. DamnBlueYeen on

      This is just the start of the backslide, things are going to get so much worse I fear.

    22. Martell2707 on

      the amount of people needlessly getting busted for drug possession is going to needlessly skyrocket

    23. PossibleSmoke8683 on

      For the love of god this sub … Read the article before commenting !!!

    24. Plane_Violinist_9909 on

      Good. Police should be impartial. It’s also ridiculous optics to see videos of Greg’s getting raided by thugs followed by a video of a bunch of police dancing with pride flags.