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The event began in 1970, to commemorate the Stonewall Uprising a year before, when patrons of a Greenwich Village gay bar rioted against NYPD officers, who were conducting a raid of the then-illegal establishment. Millions of members of the LGBT community flock to the city in June for the world’s landmark gay rights celebration. “NYC Pride is unwilling to contribute in any way to creating an atmosphere of fear or harm for members of the community.” “The sense of safety that law enforcement is meant to provide can instead be threatening, and at times dangerous, to those in our community who are most often targeted with excessive force and/or without reason,” organizers said in a press release. Under the new policy, announced Saturday by NYC Pride, corrections and law enforcement exhibitors will not be allowed to march in the parade or participate in other events for at least five years.Ĭoordinators of the world’s largest gay pride celebration also said they would take steps to reduce NYPD presence at events, by hiring private security and first responders. Police will be banned from participating in New York City Pride events, as organizers say they are seeking to “create safer spaces” for “marginalized groups.” Political donations lead Stonewall Inn to ban some beers How ‘Drag Race All Stars’ Jan and Scarlet Envy celebrate Pride weekend NYC’s 51st annual Pride Parade virtual for second year in a row Wild brawl breaks out between Pride revelers and cops as iconic park descends into chaos