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Stonewall Remembrance Post pt.2 : How it began. The Stonewall riots, also known as the Stonewall uprising, were a series of spontaneous protests by members of the gay community in response to a police raid that began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City, with no warning.

 The police officers roughed up patrons and arrested people for bootlegged alcohol and other violations, including criminal mischief and disorderly conduct. The police targeted the bar for operating without a proper liquor license. Many gay bars at the time were subject to regular police harassment, and the Stonewall Inn was no exception. Tag : LGBTQIA History.