During this event, a woman was hit with a baton for complaining that her handcuffs were too tight, after which she told bystanders, “Why don’t you guys do something?” That woman may have been Stormé DeLarverie. Participants in this event sang to the tone of “Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay” and formed impromptu kick lines. A Mattachine Society newsletter described this event as “the hairpin drop heard around the world.” For 10 points, name these riots caused by a police raid on a namesake Greenwich Village bar by members of the LGBT community.
During this event, a woman was hit with a baton for complaining that her handcuffs were too tight, after which she told bystanders, “Why don’t you guys do something?” That woman may have been Stormé DeLarverie. Participants in this event sang to the tone of “Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay” and formed impromptu kick lines. A Mattachine Society newsletter described this event as “the hairpin drop heard around the world.” For 10 points, name these riots caused by a police raid on a namesake Greenwich Village bar by members of the LGBT community.
During this event, a woman was hit with a baton for complaining that her handcuffs were too tight, after which she told bystanders, “Why don’t you guys do something?