In a video posted to the My Sister’s Room Instagram, officers from the Atlanta Police Department can be seen handcuffing Jen-Chase Daniels in front of a group of people, as she protests the apparent grounds for the arrest.

This story originally appeared on Them.

Jen-Chase Daniels, the co-owner of Atlanta lesbian bar My Sister’s Room, said she was arrested on Saturday night for alleged noise violations that she says did not come from the business.

According to testimony in an incident report by arresting Atlanta Police Department officer Jayden Joseph, he was responding to a violation of a city noise ordinance.

“I would like to note for the record I did not hear or witness any loud music coming from either establishment,” he said in the report. “However, I did observe MSR with their garage door open while several patrons were inside projecting their voices loudly.”

In a video posted to the My Sister’s Room Instagram on August 16, officers from the Atlanta Police Department can be seen handcuffing Daniels in front of a group of people, as she protests the apparent grounds for the arrest.

“Just so we’re clear, we were not over capacity,” Daniels says to the person filming. “We were not 18 and up tonight.”

“Take my phone and call my wife,” she adds to a bystander. “We did nothing wrong tonight.”

In the caption shared with the video, Daniels further explains why she was arrested.

“I’m pretty exhausted but I will have more to say about this tomorrow,” the caption reads. “I am OK. Arrested for our crowd clapping too loud at a Drag Burlesque show!! […] Thanks City Of Atlanta Police Department this was a big let down tonight.”

In a follow-up Facebook post further elaborating on the situation that was posted on August 17, Daniels wrote that the city no longer uses decibel readings, or loudness measured on a scale read by machines, to enforce these noise ordinances. Rather, Atlanta’s noise ordinance dictates that sound from businesses cannot be audible from 100-feet away after midnight, per Atlanta news station WSB-TV 2.

Daniels wrote that she had facilitated a meeting earlier this month on Crescent Avenue in Midtown Atlanta between an APD captain and lieutenant as well as the bars and restaurants on that street. Daniels wrote that during the meeting, the businesses and APD physically identified a 100-foot area on the street to understand noise requirements, especially on Fridays and Saturdays.

In a video accompanying the post, Daniels demonstrates that the music outside of My Sister’s Room is not audible from that area, and claims that the noise comes from Blackjack, another bar on the street, that has its outdoor speakers on.

“So we just want to document that their speakers are on and they are closed after hours,” she says in the video. “This may be a discussion we need to have with [Blackjack] about turning their outdoor speakers off after 10 o’clock at night. But you cannot hear anything at MSR and we’re documenting it.”

Daniels wrote that 20 minutes after the video was taken on Saturday night, she was arrested by APD.

“I was asked to show my ID,” Daniels wrote. “The officer already knew who I was, and I questioned why I needed to provide identification when we had not done anything wrong. I was willing to show the video footage demonstrating that the noise was not coming from MSR. Instead, I was arrested.”

Daniels says she was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital after being arrested because APD said it was protocol for anyone with an implanted heart monitor. Daniels continued, alleging that APD did not notify Daniels’ family of her whereabouts, even after she requested multiple times for them to be informed of her location. After she was released from Grady, Daniels says she was transferred to the jail.

“Thank you to my friend Melissa Scott for endlessly working on trying to find me and getting me bailed out,” she concluded in the post.

In the comments under the Instagram post, patrons of the beloved bar have expressed their concern and frustration with the situation.

“What an unnecessary situation and clear lack of discernment,” drag artist and writer Taylor Alxndr wrote in a comment. “A volume issue or noise violation does not equal an arrest – at most a citation. Was this discriminatory, homophobic, a misuse of power, or just a cop needing to hit a quota? APD’s history of mistreatment of LGBTQ+ bars & venues is long documented and this isn’t helping fix it at all. Transparency is needed around this.”

My Sister’s Room isn’t the only lesbian bar in recent history to face repercussions related to local noise ordinances. In May of this year, beloved Brooklyn lesbian bar Ginger’s cancelled the majority of its Pride month DJ events due to noise complaints in the neighborhood.

Them has reached out to the Atlanta Police Department and My Sister’s Room for additional comment.

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