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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?
Sorry this kind of logic is not allowed, we must create a false sense of oppression with every claim no matter what is real or logical.
Welcome to the gay rights movement. Of course I continue to believe everyone should have their day in court and their rights defended as individuals straight or gay no matter what bar they attend.
I just like to have all the facts and not just based on emotional and politically charged media.
I could understand some everyday person in Texas bashing us because we're lesbians but the POLICE? How can you feel safe when the police are going out bashing gay people? Would you even feel safe reporting a crime against you?
"Well if you'd straighten out...you wouldn't have to worry about people beating you up. Now go on home and clean yourself up."
Anyone know of any gay bashings in Asheville, NC? The gf and I have had our hearts sets on going there. Dallas can wait a few years.
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?
Why werent the gay bar "patrons" (see how the plural form is misused here?) sent to the hospital for a bleeding brain? There was one. If it was just an excuse to bash gays I think they would have done a little better job than 1 person in the entire club. Not to mention they wouldnt have gone to the straight bars.
I could understand some everyday person in Texas bashing us because we're lesbians but the POLICE? How can you feel safe when the police are going out bashing gay people? Would you even feel safe reporting a crime against you?
Most police officers here aren't like this. This was an extreme group. I'm straight, so I don't have to worry about being "gay bashed" and there's no way I can know what's it's like to be "gay bashed," so take my comments with a grain of salt if you like. That said, I can say with complete confidence, most police here are NOT like this. I've never heard another story - EVER - of police in this area targeting gays like this.
You also have to understand - these "raids" or compliance checks, actually, happen on a regular basis and target ALL bars. I've said this SMALL group of EXTREMIST police officers used excessive force because the patrons were gay; I don't deny that. What I question is your automatic assumption that the compliance check wouldn't have happened on a straight bar - they actually DO happen - the same group went to two straight bars the same night.
I could understand some everyday person in Texas bashing us because we're lesbians but the POLICE? How can you feel safe when the police are going out bashing gay people? Would you even feel safe reporting a crime against you?
"Well if you'd straighten out...you wouldn't have to worry about people beating you up. Now go on home and clean yourself up."
Anyone know of any gay bashings in Asheville, NC? The gf and I have had our hearts sets on going there. Dallas can wait a few years.
when you read the police report and see the bashed a bunch of drunks. I see them as a bunch of drunks who would have been arrested for being drunk whether they were gay or not. This happens at straight bars to. Drunks are drunks whether gay or straight
This was Stonewall 2, perpetrated on the LGBT community by people with beliefs like yours. This bar was raided specifically because it was a gay bar. Period.
Not sure if I believe that. I do agree that the officers went overboard, but this was just one of several bars that were 'inspected' that night.
Gay, straight, black, white, purple, blue or green - does anyone else have a problem with 9 officers raiding any bar to round up, beat, and arrest drunk citizens who, prior to the arrival of the officers, were causing no disruption?
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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? 
This was Stonewall 2, perpetrated on the LGBT community by people with beliefs like yours. This bar was raided specifically because it was a gay bar. Period.
