Tag: police raids
Montgomery police raided & shut down a drag show during the city’s Pride celebrations
Police shut down a drag show at Montgomery, Alabama’s Touch of Soul Cafe during the city’s Pride weekend celebrations, leading the city’s LGBTQ community to publicly decry that it occurred during the 50th anniversary of the police raid at the Stonewall Inn.
Montgomery Police Chief Ernest Finley said that local police were assisting the state’s Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) board in a pre-planned inspection of 11 city clubs and bars on the night of Saturday, June 30, when the drag...
Pride in Pictures: One hot New York night in 1969 changed the world
In the early hours of June 28, 1969, members of the Manhattan LGBTQ community stood face-to-face with nine policemen in front of the Stonewall Inn who were raiding the bar.
This, however, was not a typical raid. Instead of dispersing, approximately 150 people who weren’t arrested crowded in front of the bar. Protestors lit garbage on fire, broke windows and threw bottles and rocks at police. Decades of built up systemic oppression was being unleashed.
By about 4:00 a.m., the crowd had...
