So far, no other arrests have been made at the Pride March today. The apology is all that's occurred since then.' So I think we should all celebrate that out of that terrible experience, a lot of good came. In 2016, then-Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said that the NYPD didn't need to apologize to the LGBTQ community for police brutality during the 1969 Stonewall uprising: 'There is no denying that out of that terrible experience came so much good. The protesters blocked the parade and were chanting about NYPD.Įarlier in the day, some in attendance had complained that the NYPD's support for the parade failed to absolve recent anti-gay police actions-a lawsuit, for example, alleges that an NYPD cop beat a gay man while yelling homophobic slurs at him during the 2014 Pride Parade.Ĭan you hear us now Gay©Inc.?! Phoenix, Seattle, DC, NYC, Chicago, Houston, Columbus, Toronto.
Here’s police making an arrest at NYC Pride. The crowd was 'mostly irritated by the delay, and heartily cheered the police band that followed,' according to Lynch. According to Gothamist photographer Scott Lynch, the demonstration was resolved calmly, with police giving the protestors space for 10 minutes before making arrests.
