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At least never drink and grab a cops crotch. I would think that would be aproblem in any state.
"Rainbow Lounge owner J.R. Schrock said claims that patrons made sexual advances to the officers and that one patron groped an officer were lies.
"The groping of the police officer - really? We're gay, but we're not dumb," Schrock said to the crowd that gathered at the bar Sunday afternoon. "That is a lie, and I am appalled by it."
Sec. 49.02. PUBLIC INTOXICATION. (a) A person commits an offense if the person appears in a public place while intoxicated to the degree that the person may endanger the person or another. (a-1) For the purposes of this section, a premises licensed or permitted under the Alcoholic Beverage Code is a public place.
(b) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the alcohol or other substance was administered for therapeutic purposes and as a part of the person's professional medical treatment by a licensed physician.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (e), an offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(d) An offense under this section is not a lesser included offense under Section 49.04.
(e) An offense under this section committed by a person younger than 21 years of age is punishable in the same manner as if the minor committed an offense to which Section 106.071, Alcoholic Beverage Code, applies.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1013, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 68, Sec. 25, eff. September 1, 2007.
I have a hard time believing that.
The brutality was uncalled for.
This was just a police-supported ***** bashing.
They raided 3 bars. 2 "straight" bars and 1 "gay" bar. Arrested, what was it, close to 20 people total (the majority from the straight bars) ??? 1 person got hurt. If they were there just to "bash" gays as you said, wouldnt there have been more than one person hurt? Wouldnt they have stopped at the "gay" bar and not messed with the "straight" bar?
Do you not think that when arresting drunks that possibly 1 out of 20 or so would get unruly?
They were raiding it to see whether the bar and/or patrons were violating alcohol laws.
They were not raiding it. it was a routine check on liquor license The bar was new, and had never been checked and was on a long list of many bars that night.The owner had been called and told it was coming. A bunch of drunks made fools of themselves and got arrested. Drunks making fools of themselves is not uncommon whether it is a gay bar or not
"Rainbow Lounge owner J.R. Schrock said claims that patrons made sexual advances to the officers and that one patron groped an officer were lies.
"The groping of the police officer - really? We're gay, but we're not dumb," Schrock said to the crowd that gathered at the bar Sunday afternoon. "That is a lie, and I am appalled by it."
The gay panic defense...
Even if the men did make sexual advances toward them, they are officers of the law and are supposed to be the bigger person. I'm sure if a woman had been making sexual advances toward them they wouldn't have treated her with brutality.
The gf and I were going to make a trip to the Dallas/FW area within the next 6 months but we'll just go elsewhere. Some other city can have our tourism dollars.
The gf and I were going to make a trip to the Dallas/FW area within the next 6 months but we'll just go elsewhere. Some other city can have our tourism dollars.
Perhaps so it didn't look like a deliberate violent raid on a Gay bar on the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots?
Why weren't straight bar patrons beaten and sent to the hospital with a bleeding brain?
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Perhaps so it didn't look like a deliberate violent raid on a Gay bar on the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots? 
