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Commissner Jam O'Neill said Thursday that "the actns taken by the NYPD were wrong" at the gay bar New York Cy's Greenwich Village.

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NYPD SORRY FOR ’69 RAID AT NOW-LANDMARK STONEWALL GAY BAR

The Stonewall Rts, also lled the Stonewall Uprisg, took place on June 28, 1969, New York Cy, after police raid the Stonewall Inn, a lol gay club. The raid sparked a rt among bar patrons and neighborhood rints as police hled employe and patrons out of the bar, leadg to six days of protts and vlent clash. The Stonewall Rts served as a talyst for the gay rights movement. * police raid gay bar new york *

The Stonewall Rts, also lled the Stonewall Uprisg, began the early hours of June 28, 1969 when New York Cy police raid the Stonewall Inn, a gay club loted Greenwich Village New York Cy.

The Stonewall Rts served as a talyst for the gay rights movement the Uned Stat and around the world.

NYPD APOLOGIZ FOR 1969 RAID AT STONEWALL INN GAY BAR

Constant Raids at Gay BarsThe 1960s and precedg s were not welg tim for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) Amerins. For stance, solicatn of same-sex relatns was illegal New York such reasons, LGBT dividuals flocked to gay bars and clubs, plac of refuge where they uld exprs themselv openly and socialize whout worry.

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