Comments on: You’ve gotta be sh*tting me

By: Fort Worth police claim to have made seven arrests during Stonewall-day raid on gay bar

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:29:25 +0000

[...] Facebook group created by QCinema founder and former Star-Tribune movie Critic Todd Camp, who sent one of the first accounts of the raid to Dallas [...]

By: Fort Worth: The New Stonewall | Thorne's World

Fort Worth: The New Stonewall | Thorne's World — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:10:38 +0000

[...] as they will lie about it, and 40 years after Stonewall it seems that we all still must fear being raided while out for an evening. We must fear being arrested for having a few beers in a bar. We still must fear being brutalized [...]

By: Shame

Shame — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:39:56 +0000

Officers arrived at the Rainbow Lounge to conduct the scheduled inspection. The Fort Worth Police Officers who participated in this bar check included the following:
Officer K. Gober, #3656,
Officer J. Ricks, #3484,
Officer M. Marquez, #3655,
Officer J. Jenson, #3731,
Officer J. Back, #3863,
Officer J. Moss, #3722
and Sergeant Morris.

By: Ft. Worth police raid GLBT bar on 40th Anniversary of Stonewall « Crossing the Highway

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:57:01 +0000

[...] Dallas Voice: You’ve Gotta Be Shitting Me Leave a Comment [...]

By: Fort Worth Police Turn Stonewall Commemoration into Re-enactment

Fort Worth Police Turn Stonewall Commemoration into Re-enactment — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:42:26 +0000

[...] and re-enact good-old-fashioned “law enforcement.” Camp told the local LGBT news outlet The Dallas Voice about the incident: Photo of police pinning a patron to the ground. (by Chuck Potter via The Dallas [...]

By: Morning Widdershins: 40 years and still so far to go… « The Widdershins

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:05:14 +0000

[...] never take place again. Well, maybe they need to get out of Manhattan a little more often.Â From The Dallas Voice, June 28, 2009: I got a phone call at 3 this morning from Todd Camp, the founder of Q Cinema and [...]

By: Texas Gay Bar Raid on Stonewall 40th Anniversary Brings Allegations of Police Misconduct | Asterisk

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:23:08 +0000

[...] questions. although he did try to grab my hand and flirt with me (which was completely uninvited). The not awesome thing was the paddy wagon of homophobic police that showed up â€¦ looking for trouble. My group and I [...]

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:27:46 +0000

Sounds like a case of shoot first and ask questions latter. It will be interesting to track the follow-up on this; both from victims and any action by the ACLU.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:27:56 +0000

Hopefully the ACLU will jump in and try to have the FWPD up on charges based on the Texas Hate Crimes Law [Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42.014 (2002); Tex. Penal Code Â§ 12.47 (2002)] which sexual “preference” IS listed as a potential victim of bias.

By: Box Turtle Bulletin » Stonewall In 2009? Police Raid Texas Gay Bar, Arrest Patrons for “Public Intoxication”

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:32:51 +0000

[...] kidding? The Dallas Voice’s blog is reporting that a gay bar in Ft. Worth, Texas, was raided sometime last night: According to Camp, the newly-opened Rainbow Lounge is â€œthe only cool gay bar in town,â€ but the [...]