(AP Photo/Julia Weeks, File)Įven more critical than comfort levels at mass gatherings in these unpredictable times is participant safety. Organizers of New York City’s Pride events said Saturday, they are banning police and other law enforcement from marching in their huge annual parade until at least 2025 and will also seek to keep on-duty officers a block away from the event. In this Sunday, Jfile photo, NYPD police officers march along Fifth Avenue during the gay pride parade in New York.
