I find it very telling that there's been a stronger reaction to this action by BLM than to the Mayor playing the "race card" in his defence of his Scarborough Town Centre Express subway in an op-ed a week ago.
Its not the 60s any more and BLM has not employed violence, but their resistence has not been passive either. Institutional racism whether within the police or so-called community organizations has to be called out to be addressed openly. BLM has been very successful in a short time in bringing attention to systemic racism as activists, not passivists still trying to change the system behind closed doors.
And anyway, I think there's a law against criticizing parade apparel at Pride. Was Beyoncé a thug at the Superbowl? A lot of thugs, like Rob Ford, wear business suits.