Organizers of a pride parade in California reversed course Thursday and said uniformed police officers will be welcome at this weekend’s festivities.
The announcement came after the Sacramento LGBT Community Center and the Sacramento Police Department created a partnership that will include a police liaison for the center and training for all new officers with discussions about implicit bias.
The center previously asked city officers not to participate in uniform to acknowledge what it called “the pain and marginalization of community members who have been harmed by police violence.”
Police didn’t participate in last year’s events, which took place a few months after the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Stephon Clark in his grandparents’ yard.
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