Comments on: Lawsuit filed over Atlanta gay bar raid

By: RickW

RickW — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:16:30 +0000

this sounds very similar to the 70′s in san francisco when the police wanted to raid a gay club, they covered up their badges and started swinging away. will it ever change?

By: Simon Murphy

Simon Murphy — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:02:48 +0000

Does anyone know how many people were in the bar when the raid happened. Because 48 officers being involved in the raid strikes me as if it was not a ‘raid’ as such – but more of a premeditated assault?

Has the FBI investigated if the police broke the law in the raid. If not then why not?

Have any of the 48 been charged with criminal assault.

I notice that there were 3 policemen sacked for the raid on the Texas gay bar on the Stonewall anniversary. The fact that they were sacked indicates that they seriously breached their contracts and are possibly also guilty of criminal assault. Have any of them been charged?

By: Dionysian

Dionysian — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:28:26 +0000

So, presuming they win their case against the APD, will it do any good? The sad answer is ‘probably not’ as, if damages are awarded, it will not hurt the homophobic thugs who carried out the assaults. It will be the APD purse that will pay up, which then has a cascade effect on taxes going up. The neanderthals who made people lie on the floor amid broken glass will carry on as if nothing happened.

Sure, Chief Pennington will probably fall on his sword and take up a cushy job as a Security Consultant or somesuch, but 48 others will be down the pub swilling beer and slapping each other on the back. In my book a few years looking at steel bars not gay bars might act as a deterrant to other officers, and the money they earn from breaking rocks can go towards compensating the victims of their crime.

By: Brian Burton

Brian Burton — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:56:27 +0000

Don’t let the homophobic sons-of-bitches off the hook. sue them for everything possible.