If folks can’t see the irony of that, I don’t know what to tell you,” said Malkia Cyril, a member of Black Lives Matter, the organizational grand marshal for this year’s parade.Ī 2015 study of the LGBTQ residents of San Francisco found that just 50% of LGBTQ people of color and 40% of transgender people of color believe that police officers would help them if needed.
“You’re turning out an armed force that has a record of racist violence against people of color in a march themed Black Lives Matter.
