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50 years later, NYPD finally apologizes for raiding Stonewall Inn
50 years after it sparked a worldwide movement for LGBTQ rights, the New York Police Department has apologized for raiding the Stonewall Inn. The Stonewall Riots, as they came to be known after queer people fought back, throwing rocks, bottles and bricks, torching cars, and filling the streets, are known as one of the seminal events in the fight for full LGBTQ equality.
New York police commissioner James P. O’Neill apologized on behalf of the force during a safety briefing...
