award. also with u.s. today is detective brian downy, the president of the gay officers action league goal of new york which is addressing the needs and issues and concerns of the lgbt community. also on hand with us today is lieutenant brett parson, district native. how many years on the force? almost 26. 26 years. and he manages, you should know, the department s lesbian gay, bisexual transgender liaison unit here in d.c. and mr. prescott, a journalist, novelist, screen writer as well and columnist for salon. so thank you all for taking part in this today. i m looking forward to learning a lot and looking back with you through your eyes and perspectives on where we were 50 years ago. it s kind of hard to believe. david, i would like to start with you, if we can. what was new york like? what was america like, for gay, lesbians, transgender citizens before the stonewall riots? what was it like for the lgbt community? well, it s really counterintuitive because there s
up next, a discussion on the 1969 police raid on the stonewall inn and how it sparked the gay rights movement. this is from the national law enforcement museum in washington, d.c. well, it s my pleasure and honor to be back with you and back with as we stream as well. we re looking back on 50 years, where we were 50 years ago at the stonewall riots and how far we ve come, the changes that have been made and the changes still to come, too. before we get started, i would like to introduce our esteemed panel, if we can. starting with david carter, the author of stonewall the riots that sparked the gay revolution, the basis for american experience, the film stonewall uprising which won a peabody award. also with u.s. today is detective brian downy, the president of the gay officers action league goal of new york which is addressing the needs and issues and concerns of the lgbt community. also on hand with us today is lieutenant brett parson, district native. how many years
good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i m anmarie green. federal investigators are trying to determine why a small plane carrying dale earnhardt jr. ran off the runway and burst into flames. cbs news obtained this video of earnhardt being treated at the scene in east tennessee yesterday. he, his wife and young daughter as well as two pilots were on board. they were taken to a hospital for evaluation and then later released. laura is here in new york. you ve been following this story. what do we know so far about this crash? the national transportation safety board says two representatives are on their way to begin investigating the cause of the crash. at this point we don t know why what should have been a normal landing turned into an emergency situation. dale earnhardt jr. and his family can be seen running from the fiery plane wreck just moments after it ran off the runway in tennessee. you hear the s
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we re looking back on 50 years, where we were 50 years ago at the stone wall riots and how far we ve 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. i m looking forward to learning a lot and looking back with you through your eyes and perspectives on where we were 50 years ago. it s 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, it s really counter intuitive. because there s a common tendency at least in this coun