Police in Fort Worth,
Texas, raided a gay bar early Sunday morning, according to the
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
arresting seven people and resulting in one serious injury
Police in Fort Worth,
Texas, raided a gay bar early Sunday morning, according to the
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
,
arresting seven people and resulting in one serious injury. The
raid at the Rainbow Lounge occurred on the 40th anniversary of
the Stonewall riots in New York City.
Fort Worth police say
they conducted a routine alcohol beverage code inspection on at
least one other bar that night and that the arrests at the
Rainbow Lounge were for public intoxication. Police say some of
the patrons arrested made "sexually explicit movements"
toward officers.
Witnesses disputed the police account and said that
officers used excessive force. They report that one patron was
hospitalized with a fractured skull as a result of the
raid.
More than 100
protesters gathered at the county courthouse on Sunday to rally
and demand an investigation into the raid.
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