At the time there was a lot of open bigotry among the NYPD and the gay population. They are arresting anyone who was suspected of "gay behavior" in public and shutting down many gay hang-outs.
The Stone-Wall incident was when the police raided this gay bar and started beating a few people with night-sticks. When people were being brought to the squad cars, bar patrons started throwing bottles and chairs at the police and the violence led to the streets.
It is held in the gay community as an honorable day but I wanted to know if the police today think the same thing. Is violence against the police ever "ok"?
2007-12-12 14:27:59 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Violence against the police only weakens any public support you may have.
For example, there was a punk rock picnic held in my city last summer. The police came and broke up the picnic for whatever reason. The reaction of the punk crowd was vocally obscene towards the police in which most of the public turned against them. If they just left and pursued it properly, they may have had a case against the police.
2007-12-12 14:36:05 · answer #1 · answered by Google Rules! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who cares what the cops think? They rip off the owners one day and arrest the patrons the next. If the revolt hadn't happened at Stonewall, it would have been somewhere else soon. Cops have a strong tendency to run wild when ever they're able.
2007-12-12 22:42:16 · answer #2 · answered by Bob H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gays honor violence?
2007-12-12 22:30:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋