Students vote to ban Police from Pride
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/03/13...ce-from-pride/
Students vote to ban Police from Pride
NUS passes motion suggested by the University of Manchester Students Union
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Originally Posted by Pink News
Transgender students have voted to try and block police from attending Pride events – branding them racist, classist and transphobic.
A battle on the issue took place at the National Union of Students transgender conference last week.
Students voted to pass the motion ‘No Pride in the Police’, submitted by University of Manchester Students Union.
The motion vowed to “support and organise actions against police presence at Prides” because “many trans people have faced mistreatment and violence at the hands of the police”.
It resolved “to encourage Prides to not have a police presence as part of parades, especially Pride events organised by students unions”.
The motion explained: “The police disproportionately target trans people, along with sex workers, working class communities and communities of colour for policing, leading to an increase in those groups in the prison population.”
A further motion approved by the conference backed the “abolition of prisons” – apparently calling for all prisoners in the UK to be freed and released into the community.
Ooooh I actually agree with this motion you know. But not for the same reasons.
To me, the Police themselves should have a ban on officers attending these marches in uniform because when you wear the uniform you are representing the Police forces of this country - you should not be allowed to associate the uniform with any political or social movement what so ever apart from say wearing a Poppy. The Police should be strictly non-political.
So as someone who wanted the Police neutral on the LGBTXYZ stuff I take my hat off and salute the transgender SJW activists who've turned in on themselves infighting but have delivered a result that even I agree to. Hooray!
Thoughts?