Comments on: An eyewitness account from the Rainbow Lounge raid

By: In defense of Shadow Complex and Orson Scott Card « No Bullshot Allowed - Financially solvent, unlike that other NBA.

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:53:08 +0000

[...] you “liberate” more conservative cities, like… oh, I don’t know… Fort Worth, TX? If anything, those cities would have a right-wing population that would need to be [...]

By: Mario Chavez

Mario Chavez — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:42:56 +0000

The neighborhood is somewhat dangerous. Cars have been stolen from one of the bars across the street. Several years ago, one of the bar owners in the neighborhood was clubbed to death…Where are the cops then? I am beginning to believe the Ft. Worth cops are no better than the car jackers and robbers in the neighborhood.

By: James

James — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:34:27 +0000

I remember a case in Dallas in 1988 where Dallas County Judge Jack Hampton gave lenient 30 year sentence to Richard Le Benarski for the premeditated murder of two gay men in a park in Dallas. His explanation was essentially that homosexuals were deviants and deserved what they got.

Now with the police beating customers at the Rainbow Room it seems that every gain from the past twenty years can be taken away with by a bully with a badge.

Another reason for me to leave Fort Worth.

By: Box Turtle Bulletin » Zero Proof: Why Hasn’t FWPD Produced Evidence That Chad Gibson Was Drunk?

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:51:09 +0000

[...] has a slightly different memory of where he was handcuffed, but she also reports seeing someone pulled to the ground who wasn’t drunk: After this, we saw the policemen go into the menâ€™s restroom, pull out at least two guys from [...]

By: Julya Billhymer

Julya Billhymer — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:15:38 +0000

I am a criminal defense attorney in Fort Worth, Texas. I will represent any person arrested on the night in question, at the Rainbow Lounge for FREE…pro bono.

Call my office to set up an appointment: 817-732-5297

By: joey

joey — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:56:31 +0000

Ever met or heard of a gay police officer?

By: On Anniversary of Stonewall, Police Raid Texas Gay Bar » Equal Roots

On Anniversary of Stonewall, Police Raid Texas Gay Bar » Equal Roots — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:30:37 +0000

[...] Protests sprung up throughout the day in Fort Worth, as LGBT rights activists demanded to know why the police chose the anniversary of Stonewall to make a violent raid on a gay bar.Â Here’s the scoop on the protests and the ridiculous antics of the Fort Worth police department, fresh from the Fort Worth Star Telegram.Â Hat tip to reader Marlin Bynum for the heads up on this: A crowd of more than 100 protesters chanted “No more!” from the steps of the Tarrant County Courthouse Sunday evening as they demanded an investigation into a police raid earlier in the day at a gay night club. [...]

By: Sammie

Sammie — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:54:02 +0000

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Phone: 817-732-5297
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By: Joshua Home

Joshua Home — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:25:21 +0000

To anyone who was hurt during the raid on the Rainbow lounge on saturday the 27th. please contact Julya Billhymer Attornt at law. she will take your case FREE of charge….. Lets show them we will not stand for this anymore….. The only way this will happen is if we ALL stand together!!!!!! Joshua

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:56:56 +0000

Actually, Pedro, federal law (not California law) requires that police officers respond to requests by citizens to identify themselves by name and badge number, except in cases where doing so would present an immediate danger to the officer (i.e. a SWAT raid). And no, California law does not give you the ‘right’ to interfere with the duties of a police officer. But observation and polite requests for information are well within the boundaries, until a cop tells you to desist. And even then you can observe from a distance. Again, federal law, not California law.

Your characterizations of the crowd and the behavior of the cops show that either you didn’t bother to read this account carefully, or you simply have a knee-jerk response to support the cops in any case whatsoever. I won’t speculate as to the reasons for your attitude, but you really should learn to read for factual content instead of emotional cues for your myopic view of the world.