"When perpetrators of violence against a minority group feel they have the sympathy of law enforcement, either of individual officers or the police department organization, either publicly or covertly, they are encouraged to commit violence against the minority to whom they are hostile against."
Hmm, I think this is true but I'm not sure its as relevant today as it used to be. Society is generally sympathetic to gays right now, at least in cities that have pride parades where the police want to march in. I don't think excluding cops from pride parades would lead to a measurable increase in anti-gay crime.
1. A policy would want to plan for the safety of Gays not only for today, but for the long term future.
2. The City of Dallas has police marching in the parade and it is generally an unsympathetic climate outside city limits and substantial sectors within the city. Your supposition perhaps only applies for a few cities, if any.
3. You are just pulling a supposition out of thin air without a basis to support it. Communicating to the public at large that the police aren't homophobic and are unsympathetic to homophobia is an obvious improvement for the physical security of Gays.
"When perpetrators of violence against a minority group feel they have the sympathy of law enforcement, either of individual officers or the police department organization, either publicly or covertly, they are encouraged to commit violence against the minority to whom they are hostile against."
Hmm, I think this is true but I'm not sure its as relevant today as it used to be. Society is generally sympathetic to gays right now, at least in cities that have pride parades where the police want to march in. I don't think excluding cops from pride parades would lead to a measurable increase in anti-gay crime.
Interesting article!
1. A policy would want to plan for the safety of Gays not only for today, but for the long term future.
2. The City of Dallas has police marching in the parade and it is generally an unsympathetic climate outside city limits and substantial sectors within the city. Your supposition perhaps only applies for a few cities, if any.
3. You are just pulling a supposition out of thin air without a basis to support it. Communicating to the public at large that the police aren't homophobic and are unsympathetic to homophobia is an obvious improvement for the physical security of Gays.