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🗓️ 28 June 2023
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June 28, 1969. A police raid on a gay bar in New York City ignites the modern LGBTQ rights movement.
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0:17.0 | It's June 28th, 1969, around 1 a.m. on a hot night in New York City. 28 year old Raymond Castro laughs and drinks with friends in the back of the dingy thinly lit |
0:34.7 | stonewall in. A few feet away, queer and trans people filled the dance floor. The illicit |
0:41.0 | mafia-owned bar in Greenwich Village is one of the few places in the city where Raymond feels safe as a gay man. |
0:47.0 | But tonight the revelry is ruined when the music suddenly stops and the lights come on. |
0:52.0 | Raymond and his friends freeze. As someone pushes |
0:55.6 | him from behind, ushering him into a back room, it dawns on Raymond that this is a raid. |
1:00.8 | Police raids on the stone wall are not uncommon, but usually there's |
1:04.9 | warning. Tonight is different. Raymond's heart races as he's asked to hand over his ID. |
1:11.6 | The police eventually release him and several others to the street outside, |
1:15.7 | but a few of his friends are held behind. |
1:18.5 | On the street in front of the stonewall, Raymond sees a police fan parked on the sidewalk and joins a growing crowd of |
1:24.7 | concerned onlookers. Through the commotion he spots a young friend still inside |
1:29.2 | and starts to panic. He knows his friend has no ID and will likely be arrested. But Raymond is prepared with a fake one. He just has to get it to his friend. |
1:39.0 | Raymond makes his way through the crowd and back toward the entrance of the Stonewall. |
1:44.3 | When out of nowhere, two plain clothes officers appear and grab each of his arms. |
1:49.0 | He struggles against them as they force him toward the open sliding door of the police van. |
1:54.0 | As he's being dragged away, the crowd grows larger and more agitated. |
1:59.0 | Bottles and rocks fly through the air. |
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