Where witnesses claim one woman who fought her treatment at the hands of the police caused the crowd to become angry, some also remembered several "butch lesbians" had begun to fight back while still in the bar.
Mentres que algunhas testemuñas afirman que unha muller que loitou contra o maltrato por parte da policía causou o enfado da xente, algúns informan que varias "lesbianas machonas" empezaran a contraatacar mentres aínda estaban no bar.