No cops at White Center Pride’s annual street festival (WCP) tomorrow.
“We’ll get right to the point,” the non-profit’s board of directors wrote in an email to its community Thursday night, “we heard you, and there will be no cops at White Center Pride. Our mission is to create spaces that are safe, joyful, and affirming for our entire LGBTQ+ community — especially for those who have historically been marginalized, including Black, Brown, Indigenous, trans, disabled, and youth voices.”
WCP also posted a version of the statement on Instagram. (Share away).
The change will be minor compared to years past. White Center Pride Committee President Eliot Hills says officers have never been posted up at White Center Pride. But historically, Seattle Police Officers and King County Sheriff’s Depu