He manages the department lesbian gay transsexual and bisexual department. And mr. Trust thought. Were looking forward to learning a lot, and looking back through your eyes and perspectives on where we were 50 years ago. It is kind of hard to believe. I would like to start with you if we can. What was new york like what was america like, for gays and lesbian and transgender citizens before the stonewall riots. What was it like for the Lgbtq Community. It is really counter intuitive, because there is a common tendency in this country, to assume you dont for the we go back in history the worst things are going to be. But in the whole history of the entirety of the u. S. History, the sixties and fifties were probably the very worst time for lgbt people. That is because, there have been a period of liberalization in the 1920s, and you know it was generally a liberal period in the 1920s. With the Great Depression coming along, that seem to begin a clamp down on and i will use the term gay p
Riots to see where the streets whether the streets of those cities and towns are controlled by mayors, city council es, Police Departments or vandals and looters and rioters, criminals and thug it is. In raleigh, north carolina, the police chief there has already decided to hand over that city to the mob. I will not put an officer in harms way to protect the property inside of a building. Lou the protesters who are filling the streets of some of this countrys largest cities bring with them, last night, more violence, more looting, arson and vandalism. It is particularly troubling that these rioters and looters are turning now on our Police Officers, in some cases trying to kill them. Some wounded officers this evening are near death. Video capturing the demonstrations of barbaric violence as you see here. One man in the bronx holding a new York City Police sergeant down on the sidewalk as another man beats him with what appears to be a metal sign before they run off. In the same part o
Riots to see where the streets whether the streets of those cities and towns are controlled by mayors, city council es, Police Departments or vandals and looters and rioters, criminals and thug it is. In raleigh, north carolina, the police chief there has already decided to hand over that city to the mob. I will not put an officer in harms way to protect the property inside of a building. Lou the protesters who are filling the streets of some of this countrys largest cities bring with them, last night, more violence, more looting, arson and vandalism. It is particularly troubling that these rioters and looters are turning now on our Police Officers, in some cases trying to kill them. Some wounded officers this evening are near death. Video capturing the demonstrations of barbaric violence as you see here. One man in the bronx holding a new York City Police sergeant down on the sidewalk as another man beats him with what appears to be a metal sign before they run off. In the same part o
Were looking back on 50 years, where we were 50 years ago at the stone wall riots and how far weve come. The change that is have been made and the changes still to come too. Before we get started i would like to introduce our panel. David cart ter author of stone wall the riots that sparked the revolution. The basis for american experience, the film stonewall uprises. How many years on the force . 26 years. Journalist, novelist, screen writer as well and a columnist for salon. So thank you all for taking part in this today. Im looking forward to learning a lot and looking back with you through your eyes and perspectives on where we were 50 years ago. Its kind of hard to believe. David i would like to start ith you if we can. What was new york like, what was america like for gay, lesbian, transgender citizens before the stonewall riots . Wlaffs it like for the Lgbt Community . Well, its really counter intuitive. Because theres a common tendency at least in this country to assume that th
See the bullets ricochet off the top of a car. After several moments. The gunman vanishes into club reina where he continued his rampage. Those inside say he fired at random shooting any one in his path. Crazy, people came in shooting everything. I dont know. I saw one person. Theyre shooting. And hiding. So. Club reina one of the swankiest venues popular with local celebrities and tourists. Cell phone video from earlier in the night showed the crowd of r year. The attacker struck shortly after 1 00. In the chaos to flee, some people jumped into the neighboring river. We spoke with this man as he awaited word on his friends condition outside the hospital. Theyre okay. They could speak. And this is the this is the most important now. Reporter theyre fortunate they made it out alive. Yeah. Reporter planning to go to the club but stayed home in part because of recent government warnings of a possible terror attack in the country. There were three separate attacks in december alone. 17,000