[URBAN NOTE] "Officers angry about possible ban on police floats at Toronto Pride parades"

[rfmcdonald]

The Globe and Mail carries a brief Canadian Press article engaging with the only significant controversy around Pride.

Members of the Toronto police force say they’re angry that Pride organizers agreed to a list of demands set out by Black Lives Matter during Sunday’s parade.

The list includes nine demands that range from banning police floats in future parades to increasing funding for spaces for racialized communities.

Members of Black Lives Matter Toronto held a sit in part way through the city’s 36th annual Pride Parade, stopping it from moving forward for about a half hour, until Pride organizers signed the list of demands.

The president for the union representing the city’s police officers says he’s outraged at the demands.

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And while Pride Toronto’s executive director signed the document during the parade, organizers are now saying that they were really just committing to “having a conversation” about the list.