THE BLACK CAT IN SILVERLAKE WAS THE ORIGINAL GAY UPRISING

Sunday the 28th is the anniversary of Stonewall riots.
To commemorate STONEWALL on June 28th meet @ 9PM @ LE BARCITO- the location of theoriginal gay riots 2 years before stonewall.


How it went down in 1967 in Los Angeles.

Today june 16, 1967- Los Angeles citizens appeared in court (Div. 59) to enter pleas to charges resulting from a police mass arrest at a bar called THE BLACK CAT, (now LE BARCITO) located at 3909 Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles. The bar has been open approximately 2 months. The arrests took place New Year's eve (January 1, 1967) and were made by a large goup of police officers. About 12 vice-squad officers (plainclothesmen) started beating patrons to the floor about 5 minutes after midnight. They did not identify themselves except by their weapons. After beating the patrons, the 16 to be arrested were laid face down on the sidewalk outside the bar. 5 patrol cars, containing 2 uniformed officers each, were brought from a near-by side street where they had been parked for sometime and the individuals arrested were taken to the newly opened Rampart St. Police Station. 3 bartenders were among those arrested.

Officers then went to a second bar, at 4001 Sunset Blvd., attacked the lady bar owner and the bar's manager and bartender, who came to her aid. The owner and manager were not arrested, although the manager was left on the sidewalk bleeding. The bartender was so badly beaten that he is still in County General Hospital, where he has undergone an operation to remove his ruptured spleen. He had gone 2 hours before being sent to the hospital. He was finally booked on a felony charge of assaulting an officer.

Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 9:00- 2:00am
Le Barcito
3909 W. Sunset Boulevard
Silverlake, CA
323 580-4447