The Stonewall rioters demonstrated against the raid on The Black Cat Tavern in Los Angeles after 1966 .
Not only had the Mattachine Society been active in major cities such as Los Angeles and Chicago , but similarly marginalized people started the riot at Compton 's Cafeteria in 1966 , and another riot responded to a raid on Los Angeles ' Black Cat Tavern in 1967.Witt et al. ,