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Are. It is not a secret in washington, d. C. We continue to see the bias crimes in crease as far as the numbers are reported here. One of the reasons why we actually celebrate the fact that our bias crime members keep going up is that we believe we are educating our citizens better every year and building stronger relationships, that bias crimes that were committed in the past are now being reported to us. That is part of the education. Third part of the mission and the part that im biased about that i think is the most important is, unlike most community policing, we are actually doing police work. The officers i work with and officials i work with our not only going to be at those events and classes, but when that pride parade was interrupted by what appeared to be an active shooter, but then got it wasnt. It was these officers and those liaison units who were amongst the very first running through the crowd in the opposite direction towards it. What Community Members saw was, member
The police raid on the new york city gave are unassuming riot, u. S. Commission on civil rights, hosts a talk untitled so mullet 50. Next on American History tv, the u. S. Commission on civil rights hosts a talk titled, stonewall at 50 the movement for lgbt civil rights by historian and author david carter. Stonewall was a sixday gay rights uprising that began during a police raid on june 28, 1969 in new york citys Greenwich Village. We will now turn to our next iteration of the commission speaker series, this one titled stonewall at 50 the movement for lgbt civil rights. Thank you for the topic. June has come to be known as pride month. Street demonstrations began at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village in new york city. Many view these demonstrations as a critical moment in the struggle for lgbt civil rights. In june 2016, in recognition of that history, president barack obama, declared a monument at the Stonewall Inn. We will hear more about how this was a catalyst for the lgbt ri
City gay bar and ensuing riot, the u. S. Commission on civil rights hosted a discussion titled stonewall at 50, the movement for lgbt civil rights. This is an hour. Well now turn to our next iteration of the commission speaker series. This is titled stonewall at 50, the movement for lgbt civil rights. I thank the commissioner for suggesting this months speaker topic. June, as we know, has come to be known as pride month, and the reason for that stretches back now 50 years. On june 28th, 1969, street demonstrations for lesbian and gay civil rights began at the Stonewall Inn, in greenwich village, in new york city. Many view these demonstrations as a critical moment in the movement for lgbt civil rights. In june 2016, in recognition of that history, president barack obama proclaimed a site near the former Stonewall Inn a national monument. Today, well hear more about the momentous events at stonewall and how they served as a catalyst for the lgbt Civil Rights Movement. As evidenced by th
Barack obama claimed a site near the former Stonewall Inn a monument. We will hear more about the events that stonewall and how they served as a catalyst for the lgbt movement. The Commission Majority passed earlier today in support of the equality act and various reports and statements that have been issued in recent years. Discrimination on the basis of gender identity is unfortunately still prevalent in his country. I read news yesterday that the new York Police Commissioner apologized for the actions of the new York Police Department during the storm will uprising, declaring the actions and laws were discriminatory and oppressive. Interactions between Police Officers and the Lgbt Community has prompted concern from the commission as documented by our report released last year on civil rights implications of police use of force. This reporteys find should high rates of contact between lawenforcement and lgbt individuals with high rates of police misconduct. The commission took in su