Comments on: Police revising policies after Texas gay bar raid

By: gayactivist101

gayactivist101 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:23:50 +0000

Texas is a shithole anyway!!!!

Vermont were I live, is much better in being cleaner, providing equality TO ALL and bigot-free!!!!!

By: Sporty_g

Sporty_g — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:01:12 +0000

Forth Worth, TX, will NEVER see another red cent of mine.
Liars, cheats and self-serving public officials that don’t have even the decency to own up to their own mistakes. very sad…

By: Gerry Fisher

Gerry Fisher — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:14:44 +0000

>All they are doing is finding a way to cover their butts.

If I’m reading the chief correctly, he’s kind of saying the opposite. He is basically admitting that his butt was *way* uncovered and that he’s taking action to cover it up.

According to harassment law as I know it, one of the things that makes an organizational vulnerable is the lack of written policies and procedures. (In the absence of such policies and procedures, “differential treatment” occurs easily. If everyone follows the procedures, then no one is treated differently. Erase vulnerability to lawsuit.) It’s also very hard to dismiss someone from their job–again, without getting sued–unless you can demonstrate that they violated written procedures.

Trust me…it’s a *good* thing that they want to put written procedures in place. It reduced cowboy behavior, and it allows them to fire cowboys who don’t follow the rules.

By: churroboy

churroboy — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:23:12 +0000

Is this the same police chief who commented after the initial incident that he was proud that his officers showed so much restraint? We’ve also already seen the report that shows that they broke rules, so why is he saying now that none were broken? I wouldn’t trust a thing out of this guy’s mouth.

By: michaelnDallas

michaelnDallas — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:16:58 +0000

I guess they don’t have any policies on how to deal with a citizen at anytime in general. Only in specfic situations. Must be hell remembering how to act in every situation. I try to follow the basic Golden Rule, Treat everyone like I’d like to be treated

By: Adrian Quir

Adrian Quir — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:23:21 +0000

“Chief Jeff Halstead told the City Council that problems happened at the Rainbow Lounge in the early morning hours of June 28 because the department’s bar inspection policy lacked specific guidelines, which he said was why no policies were violated.”

Can’t they use common decency and common sense like the rest of us? Oh wait… they’re homophobic cops, that’s why they can’t.

By: Lincoln

Lincoln — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:04:27 +0000

“…the department’s bar inspection policy lacked specific guidelines, which he said was why no policies were violated.”
What a load! Why would there be a policy with no guidelines in the first place.
All they are doing is finding a way to cover their butts. What they did was wrong. They know it and we know it.

By: michaelnDallas

michaelnDallas — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:04:00 +0000

my thoughts on this initial report are. The Fort Worth police were not acting responsibly and people should be grateful that the Gays were offended the bar was RAIDED on the anniversary of Stonewall. IT doesn’t take 6 officers and a paddy wagon to perform an inspection! Theses inspections are supposedly to determine if the bar is over serving patrons. So why is it that patrons end up arrested and not bartendersor license holders? The important point to remember here, just because you are in a bar and have had too much doesn’t mean you are safe from arrest for public intoxication. You cannot wait it out while you process the alcohol and lower your blood alcohol level. People have been arrested in hotel bars when all they had to do is go up to their room. Don’t drink in Texas!