 Witnesses at the bar said police arrested people indiscriminately, and that the crowd considered starting a riot akin to Stonewall.Farmer stated that most of those who had been arrested were not drunk and complained of previous police harassment at Mary's, and Mills recalled having seen patrons lined up against the wall and loaded into a non-ventilated police van; another witness said some of those arrested were assaulted by police and "put in on top of one another.