I feel like this needs repeating, but this isn't an LGBTQ issue that is being addressed, but an issue relating to persons of colour. Signalling that members of the gay community think it's bad so it must be bad is heartwarming in the sense that some people think gay people have the righteous power of strong moral ethics, but we're all just people who are more or less the exact same. That means that racism, for example, is found plenty in the gay community just like any other community.
It's important because that's what problem this is addressing. Not the relationship between the white LGBTQ community and the police, but the relationship between minorities and the police. The point is bigger than an LGBTQ issue, so boiling it down to that and excusing it because some members of the community don't think it's an issue either kind of misses the point completely.
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