barring police officers from marching in its annual parade until at least 2025. The organizers made plain that consistent police brutality in the United States motivated this decision, stating that “the sense of safety that law enforcement is meant to provide can instead be threatening, and at times dangerous, to those in our community who are most often targeted with excessive force and/or without reason.”Condemnation of the parade organizers' decision from some corners was swift, with LGBTQ police officers telling NBC News they felt “disheartened” and Mayor De Blasio calling the decision a “mistake.” On May 18, The New York Times editorial board felt the need to add its two cents in, deriding the move to ban police from the pride parade.