Comments on: Report cites violations in raid of Texas gay bar

By: Jake R

Jake R — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:04:22 +0000

I’ll admit that this incident has done us some good down here.

Due to protests in Ft. Worth, they now have an LGBTI liaison in their police department; the state has fired those involved in wrongfully raiding the bar, removing those homophobs in uniform from the streets; it’s created a new center of activism that was strong in Dallas but almost non-existent in Ft. Worth, Dallas’s sister city; it’s unified and strengthened the area’s already strong LGBTI movement; and many other things.

Among other things, it’s also bulstered attention to the LGBTI community in this area, an area that has progressed a lot in favor of our community.

My own university’s LGBTI student-run org at the University of North Texas (we’re in a city about 40 miles north of both Ft. Worth and Dallas) has benefited us – with our involvement with the activism in Ft. Worth – in numerous ways. We now have connections to community orgs that we had never had before. We also have the confidence to help other area university LGBTI orgs (all very very small) and serve as a model for them to grow and become successful.

I could go on and on.

We’ve definitely made lemonade out of this big bigoted lemon.

Peace, love, & Texas rainbows!

http://gladuntblog.blogspot.com/

By: Pinoy33

Pinoy33 — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:06:08 +0000

this ridiculous! first time I ever heard of Gay bar Raided by the Police Department of Dallas/Ft.Worth.. omg they need to be fired.. or reassigned to another city.

By: davidwithak

davidwithak — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:31:08 +0000

When I lived in Dallas in the 60′s and 70′s it was not unusal for the bars and bath houses to be raided. Everyone knew that if the house lights came on it was a raid. Still, if you hand your arm around someone could get you arreses. The you posted bond and you were outed as you name was listed in the paper.

By: yodafriend

yodafriend — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:00:59 +0000

It’s about time that “some” of those ABC’s & the texas police, are being punished. Although sitting at a desk job doesn’t sound like punishment to me, it sounds like a few days of not being in the hot sun.

Will punishment ever be equal to all? NO it will not. Work for the government, and get used to the superiors, giving you dirty looks, as punishment.

By: Facebook User

Facebook User — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:22:57 +0000

“Chad Gibson, was hospitalized with a severe head injury he suffered while in the agents’ custody, the agency and police have said.” NOT all head injuries bleed, Mr. Didn’t see blood.
In fact internal non-bleeding ones are the WORST WORST and often permanent. Better find a new line of work.

By: Drewski

Drewski — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:40:49 +0000

Slowly, pieces of the truth are starting to come out. Truth is that both the cops and the ABC agents lied, they know it, and they’re trying to figure out how to save themselves. For those of you who don’t work for a government agency, understand that there are ALWAYS rules regarding your conduct while you’re doing your job. Mediocrity won’t cost you your job (when does it ever?), but “minor” things like on-point rules violations can add up. (Example: if I were late one minute, every day, for seven days, I would be fired with cause.) Loyalty among ABC agents probably isn’t as strong as it is among cops, so I’m guessing that there will soon be at least two ABC agents no longer working for that agency, and they might also be facing criminal charges. They’re too much of a political liability.

By: jessieka

jessieka — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:58:14 +0000

Ok so rouge cops without warrents or even approval went into bar in civilian clothes to beat the daylites out of law abbiding citezens.
So its a bloody riot but because the blood thirsty crown had badges in there pockets they claim a raid?
For a raid need to have criminal behavior oh its texas guess just being gay qualifies. Least they werent lesbians in el paso there you get arrested on trumped up charges & gang raped by “police”

By: Sporty_g

Sporty_g — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:41:20 +0000

Aller, who has been with the agency since 2004, also acknowledged some policy violations but said he didn’t violate anybody’s constitutional rights….He added that the inspection “had nothing to do with it being a gay bar.”

He’s most likely telling the truth here…they would think nothing of violating the rights of ANYONE or beating the crap out of anyone. Great way to train the “new guy”! Public Servant….to serve and protect…WHOM?

FIRE the many abusive, power-hungry P.O.S.’s! And then RECALL the mayor for his insincere, sarcastic and sanctimonius “public apology”. Arrogant smart-ass. I still would not visit just about ANY part of Texas.

By: Dawnell_do

Dawnell_do — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:19:46 +0000

They should be fired and set to jail!