Police suspend operations with TABC as raid on gay bar investigated (state, agents)

[afoigrokerkok]

Originally Posted by dcsldcd

Maybe no straight person resisted arrest or was out of line.

The cops could have just tazed the gay person; instead, they fractured his skull.

The raid had nothing to do with it being a gay bar, but I think there's a good chance the actions during the arrests did.

[afoigrokerkok]

Originally Posted by equality4all

I never ignored that fact. My point of contention was that no straight person ended up in the hospital with severe head injuries.

I never said you did, but there were a few others who did.

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

Let's all hope that he fully recovers....what a travesty during Stonewall's anniversary and what a coincidence of timing?

[PurpleLove08]

Multicultural training?
How about talking with gay and lesbian individuals on what it's like to be gay in TX of all places and how it effects them?
I hope they don't show some video. These police officers need to meet people and see that their actions do indeed have consequences on people's lives.

[afoigrokerkok]

Fort Worth police suspend operations with TABC | Top Stories | Star-Telegram.com (http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1467617.html - broken link)

Also Thursday, state Rep. Lon Burnam and state Sen. Wendy Davis, both Fort Worth Democrats, released a copy of a letter they have sent to TABC officials seeking details about the actions of the two agents who participated in the operation. The letter for the first time names the agents — Jason Chapman and Christopher Aller.

So now a state rep and state senator are involved.

[afoigrokerkok]

Mayor asks for federal review of Rainbow Lounge incident | Crime and Safety | Star-Telegram.com (http://www.star-telegram.com/crime_courts/story/1468121.html - broken link)

The federal government has now been asked to investigate as well.

Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief wants federal prosecutors to independently review the investigations now under way regarding an incident at a gay bar near downtown where one customer was injured and six others were arrested.

[GOPATTA2D]

Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale

I think there should always be an investigation when an arrest leads to an injury that puts someone in the hospital.

I'll agree to that.

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

Turns out there were actually three people injured.

Chad Gibson, a 26-year-old computer technician from Euless, about 15 miles northeast of Fort Worth, suffered a concussion, a hairline fracture to his skull and internal bleeding after officers slammed his head into a wall and then into the floor, witnesses and family members said. Mr. Gibson was still hospitalized on Friday evening as doctors monitored a blood clot in his brain, his mother, Karen Carter, said.

Another patron suffered broken ribs, and a third had a broken thumb, said Todd Camp, the founder and artistic director of Q. Cinema, a gay film festival in Fort Worth. Mr. Camp, a former journalist, said he was celebrating his 43rd birthday in the bar when the police arrived at 1:05 a.m.

And now, the Police Chief is saying that the bar patrons didn't make sexual advances toward the cops after all.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/us...as.html?ref=us

[afoigrokerkok]

Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale

Turns out there were actually three people injured.

Chad Gibson, a 26-year-old computer technician from Euless, about 15 miles northeast of Fort Worth, suffered a concussion, a hairline fracture to his skull and internal bleeding after officers slammed his head into a wall and then into the floor, witnesses and family members said. Mr. Gibson was still hospitalized on Friday evening as doctors monitored a blood clot in his brain, his mother, Karen Carter, said.

Another patron suffered broken ribs, and a third had a broken thumb, said Todd Camp, the founder and artistic director of Q. Cinema, a gay film festival in Fort Worth. Mr. Camp, a former journalist, said he was celebrating his 43rd birthday in the bar when the police arrived at 1:05 a.m.

And now, the Police Chief is saying that the bar patrons didn't make sexual advances toward the cops after all.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/us...as.html?ref=us

I'm wondering why the story of the guy with "broken ribs" didn't come out earlier. A thumb is a thumb, but ribs?

It'll be interesting to see where this investigation goes.

[padcrasher]

I'm all for waiting for the investigation outcome. But the Bar owner sounded to me very believable. Plus these numerous serious injuries. It doesnt look good. Sounds like a case of redneck policeman.