As I understand the story, BLM was clear they wanted gay or any other cops to be involved in the parade, should they want to be. What they were objecting to was the institution of the police having a presence, float or otherwise. From the CBC article:
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But Jenaya Khan told CBC News her group is not looking to exclude officers who identify as LGBT from participating in Pride events, but it opposes floats accompanied by uniformed, armed officers — calling them a stark reminder of the history of brutality faced by the LGBT community and visible minorities.
"To be clear, we said, 'No floats. No police floats,'" Khan said. "But we have no desire to police the police in terms of whether they should actually be there or not when they're LGBTQ-identified."
Khan said her group's actions are in keeping with "histories of resistance" that have long been a part of the tradition of Pride.
"If we think about the dyke march that happened 20 years ago, gay men were saying, 'Why should you have your own Pride?' ... Twenty years later it's an integral part of what Pride is all over the world. We're saying, should we wait 20 years before black lives are also considered an integral part?"
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