BREAKING Stonewall Apology: Police Actions Were 'Wrong,' Commissioner Admits
Source: The New York Times
The police commissioner, James P. O’Neill, said he was sorry on behalf of the New York Police Department for the actions of officers during a 1969 clash with gay men outside a Greenwich Village club.
By James C. McKinley Jr. and Derek Norman
June 6, 2019
New York’s police commissioner, James P. O’Neill, apologized on Thursday on behalf of the Police Department for officers’ actions during the Stonewall riot, a seminal 1969 clash outside a Greenwich Village club that is widely regarded as a turning point for the modern gay rights movement.
“I think it would be irresponsible to go through World Pride month and not to speak of the events at the Stonewall Inn in June of 1969,” Mr. O’Neill said.
“What happened should not have happened. The actions taken by the N.Y.P.D. were wrong, plain and simple,” he added.
“The actions and the laws were discriminatory and oppressive, and for that, I apologize.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/nyregion/stonewall-riots-nypd.html
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