![]() I deserve to be protected and served just as much as people living in Rittenhouse Square, Society Hill, and Chestnut Hill. But I still think it’s shortsighted.Īs a taxpayer - and, more importantly, as a Black man who has personally and historically been harmed by police - I am simply not willing to forgo my right to police protection. So I understand why the organizers of this year’s Philly Pride have decided not to include the local police in any way. Yes: Marginalized communities can’t give up on repairing their relationship with police.Īs a Black man, my experiences with the police have been tenuous - and, at least one time, life-threatening.
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