I don't think the policeman in this photo would mind:
Posted on 06/29/2009 12:12:07 AM PDT by Chet 99
12:24 AM CDT on Monday, June 29, 2009
By DARLA MILES / WFAA-TV
WFAA-TV
FORT WORTH - A Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission inspection sparked a series of protests in Fort Worth Sunday.
Seven people were arrested during a planned inspection by the TABC and the Fort Worth Police Department at about 1 a.m. Sunday at the Rainbow Lounge on South Jennings in Fort Worth.
Two TABC officers and six Fort Worth police officers went into the bar to observe how the bar was serving alcohol. The inspection at the Rainbow Room, which recently opened, was one of three checks conducted Saturday night and early Sunday morning by the Fort Worth Police Department and TABC. Officers said the inspection was scheduled.
"They seemed to just be picking people at random, spinning them around," said Justin McCarty, a Rainbow Lounge employee.
Kristy Morgan said she believes her brother was one of those allegedly picked out by officers.
"He has bleeding on the brain that is growing right now in size," she said.
Her brother, Chad Gibson, is in ICU at JPS. He was given a ticket for public intoxication and assault, but he wasn't arrested.
Danny Crockett said he saw four officers detain Gibson.
"They choked his head back, pulled him back and then slammed him against the wall," he said.
The Fort Worth Police Department said two intoxicated patrons made sexually explicit movements. They said another drunken patron grabbed an officer in the groin.
Joel Burns, the first openly gay person elected to public office in Tarrant County, attended an evening rally on the courthouse steps.
"It is very frustrating that this did happen," he said. "We're looking to find answers as quickly and as best we can."
News 8 received dozens of phone calls and e-mails in relation to the story. Many said t they felt it suspicious that the raid occurred on the 40th anniversary of the Stone Wall Gay Riot, which was a gay riot in New York City in 1969.
Many gathered with signs outside the club Sunday, and a group also protested in the evening at the Tarrant County Courthouse.
Fort Worth officials said the Human Relations Commission is investigating the incident.
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This just blows!
It’s really nothing to get bent over a table about.
Not the best way to greet a policeman.
Their here, their queer and they want a beer.
I don't think the policeman in this photo would mind:
Exactly! And if we grab the POLICE OFFICERS in the groin they are supposed to like it!
I'm okay with the beer part.
Actually, some years ago, the local gay-friendly bar had the best pool table around, and there was no problem stopping over to shoot a few rounds and have a few beers. It wasn't gay-only; anybody was welcome as long as they didn't make trouble. (I never got hit on, which was fine.)
> ...two intoxicated patrons made sexually explicit movements...
That leaves a lot of room for interpretation. I imagine it was something more than just flipping the bird...
The photo you meant to link to isn't available -- got a stand-in image instead from "TV Tropes Wiki"???
Ah, I see what you mean...
I don't know many normal people who look like that.
And I know some pretty odd folks...
Presumably its not his brain that is growing...
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