... report is expected to fault officers for not writing a timely report on the June 28 raid of the RainbowLounge, but conclude officers did not use excessive force or violate other operational policies. Officers are supposed to write reports by the end of every shift, but in this case the officer waited until the next day - after gay groups had launched protests, police said. Chief...
Sure, there were allegations of excessive violence. And departmental violations in approving the RainbowLounge raid. But the Ft. Worth Police Department will clear itself of any wrongdoing in the much-anticipated report that will be released tomorrow. And it's 1,000 pages of excuses. CONTINUED » Permalink | 1 comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: chad gibson, Crime, ft. [...]
... is not surprising that the Ft. Worth Police have conducted an internal review into the raid on the RainbowLounge and found no wrongdoing at all. ( NBC ) Fort Worth police planned to announce on Thursday that an internal investigation has cleared officers of excessive force in the controversial raid of a gay bar this summer, and no officers will be fired, said two city leaders briefed...
... after it was found that he used "poor judgment" in the way he conducted the bar check on the lounge. "The decision to utilize nine law enforcement officers to check a newly established club was excessive when looking at the totality of the circumstances," his suspension letter states. The investigation also found that he failed to follow procedures, such as checking liquor licenses or other...
Following the RainbowLounge's Stonewall-style raid, a Ft. Worth task force is — whodathunk — trying to make the city more gay friendly. Like, by enacting proposals "extending domestic-partner benefits to gay couples, considering a company’s record on gay and lesbian issues when approving tax breaks, and including gender reassignment surgery in the city health [...]...
A rally is planned for 5pm this evening outside Fort Worth City Hall as recommendations by a Diversity Task Force undertaken after the RainbowLounge Raid in July come up for a vote at City Council. The task force recommends...
... to Daniel Equality Cates organizer of "Equality March Texas" and Justice for the RainbowLounge, "WE NEED YOU THERE!" Cates explains, "Reports this evening are that a large group of Christian activists descended on the Queer Liberaction Milk Box Event in Sundance Square, Fort Worth. According to those who were there, the Milk Box participants were forced to...
A total of five days worth of suspensions. That's what the Ft. Worth Police just handed three officers involved in the RainbowLounge bar raid. CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: chad gibson, Crime, ft. worth, jeff halstead, Nightlife, Police, rainbowlounge, Stonewall, Texas
A few weeks ago, the Fort Worth Police Department and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) conducted an ill-advised and poorly carried out raid on a new gay bar called the RainbowLounge (pictured). The raid was little more than homophobic harassment, and violated established policies of both departments. After that ridiculous event, the Fort Worth City Council appointed a...
At a press conference yesterday, Fort Worth police chief Jeff Halstead announced that a chapter was being closed in discussing investigations related to the June raid on the RainbowLounge: "Speaking at a news conference across from the bar, chief...
A Fort Worth police report has concluded that officers did not use excessive force during the June raid of the RainbowLounge, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. that some officers will likely be disciplined for the June 28 incident at the gay bar. Police planned to hold a news conference today about the report.
A lot of people were up in arms about the raid by Fort Worth police and TABC agents on the RainbowLounge, a gay bar in Fort Worth.Patrons were beat up because, cops reportedly said, they were ...
An inquiry finds policy violations, but the department clears them of allegations of using excessive force at the June 28 clash at the RainbowLounge. After a four-month internal investigation, the Fort Worth Police Department announced Thursday that it has suspended a sergeant and two officers in connection to a summer raid on a gay bar in which authorities clashed with hundreds of bar...
AUSTIN — An investigation by the Texas liquor board has cleared its agents of wrongdoing in a raid of a gay bar in Fort Worth that left a customer injured and led to protests. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said Thursday that it didn’t find the RainbowLounge was targeted because of its gay and lesbian customers. The agency also says agents didn’t use force...
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that a task force formed in reaction to the RainbowLounge Raid in Forth Worth, Tex. this past June recommended on Tuesday that the city council vote for a series of reforms to give gays and lesbians equal rights. They recommend Fort Worth amend the city’s insurance policy in order to implement diversity training for law enforcement and city officials....
