| Update: Story now on Star Telegram: http://www.star-telegram.com/local/story/1458523.html Ft. Worth Councilman Joel Burns statement on Ft. Worth News 33: http://www.the33tv.com/news/kdaf-rainbow-lounge-reax,0,2236367.story Box Turtle Bulletin now reporting story from Dallas Voice http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/06/28/12635 From LGBTQ News: Police in Fort Worth, Texas marked the 40th anniversary of the police raid on a gay bar in New York by raiding a gay bar in their city and arresting several customers, Dallas Voice, the city’s LGBT newspaper, is reporting on its blog. In a comment on the blog, Chuck Potter writes that police arrested “anywhere from 15 to 20 people arrest mostly for public intoxication.” Instant Tea’s bloggers, Arnold Wayne Jones, received an email from Todd Camp, founder of a local LGBT cinema group, explaining what he saw at the bar: My group and I were sitting on the back patio at a picnic table. Nobody was being wild out there. [The police] came through with flashlights, being loud asking what was going on out here, then asked why everyone was all the sudden being quiet. When one group started up their conversations again, they took one guy away. I left shortly after and as I walked through the front bar there were numerous cops with plastic handcuffs all ready to go. I [left] the bar and they [had] a big van in the parking lot and numerous cars on the street. And just so you know, it wasn’t fire hazard crowded or seedy wild in there. … The worst part is [friends later told me] that [the police] had numerous people face down on the ground outside. The police have made claims they were called in with a sexual assault report. The pictures up at the Voice show the state police were also involved. More on the story and updates at The Dallas Voice http://www.dallasvoice.com/instant-tea/ DymSum http://dym-sum.com/2009/06/28/no166/ Information about a Rally in Ft Worth and Jaysays.com http://jaysays.com/ The cities largest affirming church, Cathedral of Hope has also issued a press release denouncing the police action. Happy 40th Anniversary Stonewall......... |
