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NYPD Attack LGBTQ Peaceful Protestors on Stonewall Anniversary

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New York police attacked LGBTQ people on the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots following the Queer Liberation March. As New York Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted about honoring the 51st anniversary of Stonewall (June 28), police were brutalizing protestors with pepper spray and physical violence.

The annual Queer Liberation March was winding down, and participants were celebrating by dancing in the streets when police charged the crowd.

The officers, who kept their badge numbers covered, swung batons, shoved people to the ground, and arrested a number of protestors, witnesses told Buzzfeed News. “It was very peaceful, very chill,” protestor Eliel Cruz told Buzzfeed. “I didn’t see much police presence.

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