About half a century after the riots at the legendary gay bar „Stonewall Inn“, one of the chiefs of the New York Police has apologized for the force of emergency forces. „The action taken by the New York police was wrong – very simple,“ said James O’Neill yesterday before the „Pride Month“ in New York. What happened then should not have happened.
„The measures and the laws were discriminatory and oppressive. And I apologize for that, „said O’Neill. 50 years ago in June, there were violent riots in New York between lesbians, gays, transgender people and the police. The „Stonewall Riots“ marked a turning point in the fight for homosexual equality.
