This weekend, on the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots,police raided a new gay bar in Fort Worth. Seven arrests were made for public intoxication, and one man remains in intensive care for blows he received while being "subdued" by police. A protest was held Sunday afternoon to complain of the rough treatment and the terrible timing of the FWPD.
The Ft. Worth Chief of Police says, basically: The fags groped us and had it coming:
Monday, police chief Jeff Halstead said the officers' actions are being investigated. However, he also said that officers that entered the bar during the scheduled inspection were touched inappropriately.
"You're touched and advanced in certain ways by people inside the bar, that's offensive," he said. "I'm happy with the restraint used when they were contacted like that."
Ladies and gentlemen, the "Gay Panic" defense.
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