NYPD’s Stonewall Apology Welcome In Ugly LGBT Pride Month Which Has Shown Why Pride Is So Necessary
The apology from James P. O’Neill was long overdue, and it sounded sincere.
After days of “straight pride” and other confounding, stupid and vile incidents at the start of this historic LGBT Pride month, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the present New York police commissioner finally struck the right note towards the LGBT community.
O’Neill, the present police commissioner, said Thursday, “I think it would be irresponsible to go through World Pride month and not speak of the events at the Stonewall Inn in June of 1969. What happened should not have happened.