Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous , violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28 , 1969 , at the Stonewall Inn , in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City .
Simplified: The Stonewall riots were a series of riots in New York City in 1969 . They happened after the police raided the Stonewall Inn , a gay bar in Greenwich Village .