Fifty Years Later, The NYPD Has Apologized For The Raid On Stonewall
Fifty years after the Stonewall riots of 1969 kicked off the LGBT rights movement, the New York Police Department apologized Thursday for the violent raid that led to the uprising.
"I think it would be irresponsible of me, as we go through World Pride Month, not to speak of the events at the Stonewall Inn in June of 1969," Commissioner James O’Neill said in an address at the NYPD headquarters."While I'm certainly not going to stand up here and pretend to be an expert on what happened at Stonewall, I do know what happened should not have happened.
“The actions taken by the NYPD were wrong, plain and simple. The actions and the laws were discriminatory and oppressive, and for that, I apologize.”in New York City began on June 28, 1969, when police raided the popular bar that was a gathering place for the LGBT community. Though they claimed it was because they were violating liquor laws, harsh police action against the community was a common tactic at the time.
Rather than go quietly, patrons fought back. For days after, hundreds of people rioted outside the bar, with many being arrested or injured.
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