News ‘Wrong, plain and simple’: 50 years later, NYPD apologizes for Stonewall riots June 7, 2019June 7, 2019 Grace Hauck, USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘Wrong, plain and simple’: 50 years later, NYPD apologizes for Stonewall riots Commissioner James O'Neill said Thursday that "the actions taken by the NYPD were wrong."