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Local queer and trans organizers wrote a petition that gained nearly 400 supporter’s signatures, to oppose the invitation, stating “honoring is antithetical to the spirit and history of Pride.” In response to public pressure, the officers eventually declined the invitation. In 2016, Philly Pride invited LGBT police officers of the PPD to be grand marshals in the parade. Segin’s case wasn’t the first local uproar about police and the annual celebration. Segin was eventually released after her supporters, including Amber Hikes, the executive director of the City’s Office of LGBT Affairs, raised money for her bail. Activists questioned the role of police at the celebration to begin with and especially took issue with the Philadelphia Police Department’s decision to put Segin in a men’s prison–a place that has a reputation of being psychologically and physically violent to trans women. Although many LGBT organizations did not respond to the incident, others acted immediately in her defense. Last week during the kickoff of the Philly Pride Parade a young transgender woman, ReeAnna Segin, was arrested for burning a Blue Lives Matter flag in protest of police presence at the event. The Mayor’s Office is currently working to complete a proposal for the statue’s relocation. The divisive statue became a topic of heated debate leading Mayor Jim Kenney to announce that the monument would be moved elsewhere. The 2,000-pound, 10-foot bronze monument to Frank Rizzo was placed on Paine Plaza in front of the Municipal Services Building in 1998.