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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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0:20.0 | It's June 28, 1969, around 1 a.m. on a hot night in New York City. |
0:25.6 | 28-year-old Raymond Castro laughs and drinks with friends in the back of the dingy, |
0:30.2 | dimly lit stone wall in. A few feet away, queer and trans people fill the dance floor. |
0:36.4 | He elicit mafia-owned bar and granite village as one of the few places in the city where Raymond |
0:41.5 | feels safe as a gay man. But tonight the revelry is ruined when the music suddenly stops and the |
0:47.3 | lights come on. Raymond and his friends freeze. As someone pushes him from behind, |
0:52.8 | uttering him into a back room, it dawns on Raymond that this is a raid. |
0:57.5 | Police raids on the stone wall are not uncommon, but usually there's warning. Tonight is different. |
1:03.3 | Raymond's heart races as he's asked to hand over his ID. The police eventually release him |
1:09.5 | several others to the street outside, but a few of his friends are held behind. |
1:14.4 | On the street in front of the stone wall, Raymond sees a police fan parked on the sidewalk |
1:19.4 | and joins a growing crowd of concerned onlookers. Through the commotion he spots a young friend |
1:24.7 | still inside and starts to panic. He knows his friend has no ID and will likely be arrested, |
1:31.2 | but Raymond is prepared with a fake one. He just has to get it to his friend. |
1:35.9 | Raymond makes his way through the crowd and back toward the entrance of the stone wall. |
1:40.2 | When out of nowhere, two plain clothes officers appear and grab each of his arms. |
1:44.9 | He struggles against them as they force him toward the open sliding door of the police van. |
1:50.1 | As he's being dragged away, the crowd grows larger and more agitated, |
1:54.9 | bottles and rocks fly through the air. Drenlin pumping, Raymond jumps up into the van and then |
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