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Stonewall (officially Stonewall Equality Limited) is an LGBTQ rights charity in the United Kingdom, founded in 1989 and named after the Stonewall Inn because of the Stonewall riots. The Stonewall Awards is an annual event the charity has held since 2006 to recognize people who have affected the lives of British lesbian, gay, and bisexual people.
The area was the site of the 1969 Stonewall uprising and protests often cited as a flashpoint for LGBTQ rights in the US. A June 1969 police raid of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar, ...
2016 – 2016 Sacramento riot, June 26, A confrontation between white nationalists and left-wing counter protesters at the California State Capitol. 2016 – Widespread protests erupt in response to two deaths at the hands of police, the Shooting of Alton Sterling and shooting of Philando Castile. New York City, Chicago, St. Paul, Baton Rouge ...
On June 28, hundreds of protesters marched from Maritime Heritage Park to City Hall commemorating the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall riots and calling on the city to "defund the police." After most protesters had left, a small group remained, taking down and burning the American flags which had flown at City Hall and graffitiing the entrance ...
On July 8, 2015, Jonathan Sanders, a 39-year-old Black man, died while being restrained by Stonewall, Mississippi police officer Kevin Herrington. [1] In January 2016, a grand jury declined to indict the officer, [2] and in March 2016, a grand jury determined Sanders choked after swallowing a bag of cocaine, and police had not used excessive force while restraining him.
The following monuments and memorials were removed during the George Floyd protests due to their association with racism in the United States.Most commemorated people involved in the Lost Cause of the Confederacy, with others linked to the genocide of Indigenous people, Racial segregation in the United States and also other related issues.
Pages in category "Protest-related deaths" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 214 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The police raid at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich village had taken place nine months earlier, on June 28, 1969. Although the bar patrons who fought back and the many who rioted and protested in the days following was something new, actions by the New York Police Department against gay bars did not stop with Stonewall and continued for months and years afterward. [1]