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.
Neki svjedoci događaja tvrde da je jedna žena koja se suprotstavila policiji zbog vezanih ruku razljutila masu, dok se drugi sjećaju nekoliko "butch-lezbijki" koje su započele tučnjavu dok su još bile u baru.