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But the 1969 Stonewall riots erupted after patrons tired of the harassment began to fight back with some throwing empty beer bottles at police vehicles. Such raids targeting gay bars were routine at the time because the New York State Liquor Authority often refused to grant liquor licenses to bars catering to gay customers. Police said the 1969 raid occurred because the bar violated liquor laws. O’Neill made the formal apology at police headquarters during a safety briefing related to Pride month.Ī nonprofit organization, Heritage of Pride, produces the annual events that celebrate the LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexuality and all others) community. We have, and we do, embrace all New Yorkers.”
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“I vow to the LGBTQ community that this would never happen in the NYPD in 2019. “The actions and the laws were discriminatory and oppressive, and for that, I apologize,” he added to applause. The actions taken by the NYPD were wrong, plain and simple.” “I do know what happened should not have happened. “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,” O’Neill said. With June being World Pride Month, with the city producing gay pride events to commemorate the Stonewall Riots of 1969, O’Neill said it was an important time to apologize.
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The routine police raid at the gay bar in Greenwich Village on June 28,1969 escalated into a riot that sparked the Gay Pride Movement in New York City.