Ten police officers—including two policewomen—barricaded themselves, Van Ronk, Howard Smith (a writer for The Village Voice), and several handcuffed detainees inside the Stonewall Inn for their own safety.
Dez axentes de policía, entre eles dúas mulleres, atrincheiráronse xunto a Van Ronk, Howard Smith (un xornalista do The Village Voice) e varios detidos esposados, dentro do Stonewall Inn pola súa propia seguridade.