Gay Bar Raid in Fort Worth

[thunderscratch66]

"it was like a gay bar in texas" .....okay, NOW i get it.

[farmer6987]

why dont they move to key west where they belong

[ohmss069]

@farmer6987 Cuz they belong where they choose to belong, like everybody else. Many of these people grew up in cowtown and no hick is going to tell them they aren't good enough to stay.

Who's to blame here is obvious. Three TABC officers were fired for the unprofessional treatment of Rainbow Lounge attendants, and several FWPD police officers received unpaid leave suspensions. Sorry farmer6987, but the gays didn't do anything wrong!

[spanamer]

Hey! This video has a clip of our HERO Joel Burns in it. !!

[parasitesunite]

I lived in Fort Worth for 15 years, THEY SUCK BIG HAIRY BALLS. They are the reason I left there. They taunt you and harrass you, pull you over for no reason AT ALL. They make you miserable. I finally decided to quit driving there and was walking to a convenience store a half block away from my apartment to get a coke and they rolled on me like I was swat and arrested me for not having my ID on me.

[v19d]

That is nuts raiding a private business even if it is a gay owned business.

[CaminaEntertainment]

Thank you for posting this last year. It's been quite a year in Fort Worth since the raid, However, from the tragedy came ground breaking change. I thought I would share with you the teaser trailer for the upcoming documentary, "Raid of the Rainbow Lounge".

Check it out here on You Tube.

It follows the aftermath of the raid, that was the good, the bad, the ugly and the controversial.

[Gulfporter]

Whenever the police or TABC enter a gay bar it should be considered an attack on the gay community. We have enough history with these public institutions to consider them hostile. The lights should go up and the music should stop and the video (w/audio) cameras turned on.

[logik316]

The cops are lying to try to cover their asses. I can't imagine any gay person being dumb enough to grope a *uniformed* cop while he's on duty and performing arrests, no less.

[hazelenoch]

selena hernandez is hot!

[Ganbareg]

FILTHY PIGS!

[InfidelAntichristian]

Yup thats what Texas is like.

I wouldn't advise anyone to go live their, most the people are conservative baptists who pretty much hate everyone who tries to have fun.

It is not uncommon to get a year of probation over a fucking joint even to this day.

[findlesplurb]

@InfidelAntichristian:

Texas is a great place. As for bigots and morons, those are everywhere... for example, you have clearly shown yourself in this instance to be a bigoted moron with your callous, dismissive statements about one of the largest and most ethnically diverse states in the country. I'd go on but I doubt very much that it would be any use. Just do me a favor: stay out of Texas. We don't like loud-mouthed moronic bigots 'round these-here parts.

[InfidelAntichristian]

Dude guess what?

Black holes don't exist man!!!!!

Nasa has had plenty of time to get even one photo, looks like someone is protecting this theory too much.

Infact when a star supernova's it gives birth to new stars, thus the universe is ever expanding.

[findlesplurb]

Well, you sure told me, didn't you? I mean, ouch...

[fezt2006]

el del minuto 1:57 esta hermoso!!!

[dfwguy1960]

I am gay and I have been to this bar...very trashy crowd. There were STRAIGHT people acting like they were having sex on the dance floor. I won't be back.

[CalmWrath]

There is two types of policemen, those that actually do their job for the good of others and those that use their badge to prejudices and unleash their wrath on the common pubic while making seem like they are doing for Justice. Also, I am from Texas (military area) and I am not a fan of Texas, but this is not just occuring in Texas, it is happening in other states too. (To certain commenters:) So, removing Texas won't fix the problem at all, you have to stop this in every part of the U.S.

[omyda365]

God, it's cops like these that undermine the effort of policemen and women who DON'T hide behind their badges to vent their anger or prejudices on the public but actually try to just do their jobs. It takes hard work to earn the respect of a community as a cop, considering the shenanigans of scum like these are what define you to most.

[giuliodf]

and now a question : which is the difference between usa and iran? no difference! many americans especially in southern and central states are moralist at other's home but they avoid to see at hteir own shit like this!

[royKILLERwar2]

thanks for posting. i spent time in texas....and it is hell

[Iceblooo]

The police will get away with it as usual. Successfully suing the police in an extreme right wing Republican state like Texas is just the same as successfully suing the Communist party in China i.e. impossible.

Shame on you Fort Worth public officials for not speaking out against this (including our weak, spineless Mayor !).

To any tourists hoping to visit Texas; DO NOT come here. It is not a safe place to visit. Spend you money in a state/country where you are safer from police brutality.

[3slimdog]

Ted, You think that texas cops haven't been sued and lost their cases? look it up, it is public record. First you say you hate gays and faggots. You say they get drunk and grab crotches. For hating gays and faggots. How would you know what happens in a gay bar? Are you one of those that don't know your sexual feelings and striking out because you hate yourself for feeling those feelings??

[CalmWrath]

Who is Ted, was he in the video or is he one of the people that commented?

[3slimdog]

CalmWrath, Ted is one that comment on here. I don't know what happen but his comments are not here anymore. Ted was a racist, homophobic commenter.

[3slimdog]

I am a straight female, and you sir are a jackass. No gay person grabed that cop. The cops in the first place were homophobic and went in there to harrass. I hope the cops get sued. Just to make a statement. I am not a sue happy person either. But to make a statement of how the cops are acting and lying is worth a lawsuit. TedLeoAgent you must be a very lonely person to be the way you are. I have known your kind and most of them turned out homeless or in prison. Hate is not the way, Son.

[Phased601]

Texas SUCKS !

C'mon people this is 2009! Do we need to have Stonewall riots all over again to gain equal rights?

[rickT5555]

Texas, please please secede.....now !

[3slimdog]

I don't think a gay people grabed any private part of a police officer. I know for a fact how law abiding gay people are. Peacefull protester they are. I am straight and married. I think that cop that lied should be fired and pension removed.

[rextrek]

its BS - fuck Texas..u couldnt pay me to go there.

[WerewolfOfTheWater]

Oh no, drunks in a bar! What an outrage! Jeez, fuck off, Texas.

[yescandles]

These raids are for public safety? Umm no. These raids are to put money in that giant cash register they call a courthouse. Period. The sad thing is there is not enough public support in Ft Worth or this wouldn't keep happening there.

[RuflessRecords]

Listen to these drama queens. On the 40th anniversary of some gay bar raid in New York City, the cops arrest some drunks at a fruity joint in Fort Worth, and that's supposed to be some huge story. Homosexuals crave attention, and always want the focus on them and their little depraved "goings-on". Oh no, the cops arrested some drunks, on the 40th anniversary of Stonewall something! Selma who? What a shocking civil rights violation!

[charles753df]

Ok you obviously didn't read any of the posts before you wrote. Let me explain, people were in a bar and arrested because they were drunk. Where is the justice? Please tell me. Is not a bar a place to get drunk? And if not please explain the assholes who are passing out breeder bars and why they are not getting arrested.

[ItsCoreyLynxxYall]

The fort worth pork department should feel honored that the patrons in that bar didn't organize a revolt as viscous as the one at stonewall. I'd personally smirk at the news of gay patrons breaking metal stools and broken bottles over a pigs back or in the face in this case. Then there is the lesbian couple who were raided and pepper sprayed recently in San Diego just because of a noise complaint made by a neighbor who previously made homophobic remarks. Pathetic.

[TahniMara]

How can you be arrested for public drunkenness INSIDE a bar? Of course there'll be drunk people in a bar! I don't see them going to straight clubs, and on Pride of all nights!

They're idiots and bigots. Do they even realize that it was the 40th anniversary?! What were they thinking?

[joebrummer]

If the cops had busted a straight bar and women had made advances at them would the results be the same? Do the actions of the men warrant a violent or nonviolent response from law enforcement? Officers should have been professional regardless if someone hit on them. Gay panic is not a defense. "he groped me, so I beat him" is also not a defense for violence.

[CalmWrath]

The cops in this video shows how far the U.S. (or human race in general) still have to go to be able to say everyone is equal. Which is very far.

[xaminmo]

"These bars were inspected to ensure everyone's safety..." That sounds pretty fishy to me.

[techslam]

This is not accaptable in 2009.! this same shit happened in Ft.Worth in the mid 90's..exact same wording from the police report,groping etc We fought back and will again...Thank you for posting this video

[BrizyComics]

I would not have known about this if not for you, Waymon. Thanks for helping to keep us informed.

[AuntieMamiesBlog]

That's just BS. How many people do you know in gay bars would grope a cop in uniform raiding the bar?

Whatever...