NYPD commissioner apologizes for 'discriminatory and oppressive' action at Stonewall Inn 50 years ago

New York City Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill
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The originators of the modern LGBTQ rights movement are getting a long overdue apology.

New York Police Department Commissioner James O’Neill on Thursday apologized for "discriminatory and oppressive" actions the department took when raiding the Stonewall Inn 50 years ago. O'Neill previously and pointedly avoided making the apology, but on Thursday said he "vow[ed] to the LGBTQ community that this would never happen in the NYPD in 2019," The New York Times reports.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.