Police Brutality

His long ranting and shouting was caught on video, but he apparently wasn’t “disturbing the peace.”

“The guy pulled a knife trying to rob me of my bag. So I put him on the ground.”

As Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted about honoring Stonewall, the NYPD was unleashing pepper spray on LGBTQ people dancing in celebration.

A white Pride parade organizer was coordinating with police without consulting Black Lives Matter activists.

“We’ve come so far in the LGBTQ community,” Muñoz said. “How dare anyone try and push us back. No. And so I will stand up, and I will be that guy who’s going to get scrappy.”

The union claimed the officer was “the victim.”

“It is important now more than ever to remember the first Pride marches were protests against police brutality led by brown and black people.”

One activist’s arm was broken and he required multiple staples to close wounds on his head, but he wasn’t given medical attention for the 11 hours he was held in custody.

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The demonstrations protesting police brutality highlight the tensions between cops and communities they serve. The question that must eventually be answered, however, is: “Whose interests do they actually serve?”