NYC cops celebrated pride (and the anniversary of the Stonewall uprising) by pepper-spraying marchers at a queer liberation event
that they saw police officers whip out their batons, and also saw police officers beating people, though it was not clear if they were using their batons to do so.Before the cops decided to deploy pepper spray and get violent, the march, organized by the, had been peaceful, with seemingly more of a celebratory, dancefloor vibe. As one marcher, Mike Perles, told Gothamist, “We were dancing right in front of the arch on 5th Ave and out of nowhere, cops started storming into the crowd.
“The man who was arrested was crying and saying he was hurting and the cops were dragging him by his hands so his weight was against his shoulders pulling [on] the sockets,” said Bianco, adding the situation escalated when two whiteshirts “sprinted into the crowd and started shoving us” and another group of officers on motorcycles were pushing bikes into protesters.
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