Breaking: Raid on Fort Worth Gay Bar (Update x6)

[Shana A]

Breaking: Raid on Fort Worth Gay Bar (Update x6) Hotlist
by lostboyjim
Sun Jun 28, 2009 at 12:45:03 PM PDT

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/6/28/747810/-Breaking:-Raid-on-Fort-Worth-Gay-Bar-(Update-x6)

A blog post this morning on the Dallas Voice Blog page on the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. People were arrested for "Public Intoxication". 

This story is now breaking on facebook, with an apparent protest planned for today (location and time still not clearly determined).  I have had a brief IM with a reporter who is working on the story, so the event did occur.

The posts on the Dallas voice page are verified to be from a reporter from the Voice, so while they may be a bit "first person-ish", they are from a reporter.

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great timing... raiding a gay bar on the 40th anniversary of Stonewall 

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[Mister]

This story is now breaking on facebook, with an apparent protest planned for today (location and time still not clearly determined).  I have had a brief IM with a reporter who is working on the story, so the event did occur.

might as well be, "i exchanged several text messages with my ex's roommate's new girlfriend, who told me the WHOLE STORY"

[Lisbeth]

This story is now breaking on facebook, with an apparent protest planned for today (location and time still not clearly determined).  I have had a brief IM with a reporter who is working on the story, so the event did occur.

might as well be, "i exchanged several text messages with my ex's roommate's new girlfriend, who told me the WHOLE STORY"

From NBC 5 Dallas/Fort Worth:

Tempers Flare During Raid at the Rainbow Lounge
By  JANE GEELAN-SAYRES
Updated 9:45 PM CDT, Sun, Jun 28, 2009

Police said six officers with the Fort Worth Police Department and two Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission agents arrived at The Rainbow Lounge, located at 615 Jennings Street, early Sunday morning to conduct a scheduled inspection.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Tempers-Flare-During-Raid-at-the-Rainbow-Lounge.html

Ya, right. Eight police to do a "scheduled inspection."

From CBS 11:

DFW Gay Community Upset After Reported Bar Raid
Selena Hernandez 
Jun 28, 2009 6:49 pm US/Central

"I've worked in gay bars in four different counties in Texas, I've never seen anything this aggressive," club bouncer Justin McCarty said.

http://cbs11tv.com/local/Rainbow.Lounge.TABC.2.1063513.html

From the Star-Telegram:

Upset Fort Worth residents protest raid on gay nightclub
By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR.
Posted on Sun, Jun. 28, 2009

"Officers just don't come in armed with zip ties and a paddy wagon for a routine check of a bar," Norman said.

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/1458523.html

From the Dallas Morning News:

Dozens protest arrests at Fort Worth gay bar
By MATTHEW HAAG / The Dallas Morning News
10:49 PM CDT on Sunday, June 28, 2009

Fort Worth council member Joel Burns told protesters Sunday night he would ensure a thorough investigation.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/062909dnmetgaybar.3d86a6d.html

[tekla]

OK, so what's the news here?  Dallas is full of red neck right wing god fearing republicans and what's more it's in the middle of Tex-ass?  Knock me over with a feather.  I mean Bush retired there, need to know more about it?

[Lori]

OK, so what's the news here?  Dallas is full of red neck right wing god fearing republicans and what's more it's in the middle of Tex-ass?  Knock me over with a feather.  I mean Bush retired there, need to know more about it?

This isn't Dallas. Its Fort Worth. Two separate places. Two separate cities. This club used to be the 651 club I believe. I've been there a few times when I just needed a place to go dressed up.

Dallas is a little more open and they have a huge gay area called "Oak Lawn". I know all of this because I've lived here in Fort Worth for 23 years and have been to both cities. Fort Worth is far more Red Neck than Dallas is and it makes me sick with fear about transitioning here. I'd do better in Dallas but traffic is the pits and it really is like another planet compared to Fort Worth. The Rainbow Room is almost within walking distance of where I work.

[tekla]

Less liberal than Dallas, I'm going to need a week just to try to begin to imagine that.

[Just Kate]

Back when I was still on the "scene", other than Oak Lawn in Dallas, you HAD to go to Fort Worth.  In fact, one of the largest meetings of trans people in the Dallas/Fort Worth area was always held in Fort Worth.  This is rather shocking to me as a Dallas/Fort Worth resident.

[Dana Lane]

 There is a group on facebook tracking this which includes updates on the poor guy with a head injury as well as an eyewitness posting.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=109253439840

[Lori]

Back when I was still on the "scene", other than Oak Lawn in Dallas, you HAD to go to Fort Worth.  In fact, one of the largest meetings of trans people in the Dallas/Fort Worth area was always held in Fort Worth.  This is rather shocking to me as a Dallas/Fort Worth resident.

Austin and Houston have bigger trans populations. I just don't want to go south. It's hot enough here without moving further south to fight the massive humidity too.

I take it you know Rita Cotterly?

[tekla]

Austin I love, the rest of the state is just a damn good reason to break speed limits so you can get the hell out of there.  However, I'm sure many native Texicans feel the same way about SF.