I can see why Tory says give them the money, its a pure dollars and cents move; Pride brings in a lot of money in the way of tourism dollars. But the city should play hardball with BLM/Pride,  this should not be a consequences- free grant and should come with very specific conditions on how this money should be used. BLM's antics are going to drive away (mostly white) tourists and sponsorship money. BLM/Pride should be billed  for Private Security, the way any similar event would be. They can hire off-duty cops at their high rates. I don't think the Mayor of Chief of Police should attend to send a strong message.

What I *really* don't get is how the Gay community could roll over so easily and how easily BLM's rhetoric was swallowed. The black community has a long and on-going animosity towards gay men. It's not Gay men that target black men, its the other way around. BLM saw a soft target and a chance to further victimize gay men and went for  the jugular.