Have all the LGBT allies on my flist heard about the Rainbow Lounge raid that took place in Fort Worth, Texas a few days ago? If you haven't, Google "Rainbow Lounge" - it should come up with 500+ news articles on the raid which contain one or both of the stories going around.
According to the bar patrons, the FWPD and TABC showed up there with a paddy wagon and started randomly arresting people, charging them with public intoxication. Patrons who asked questions were shoved, ignored, brushed off, and in some cases threatened with arrest. Among the people who were arrested was a designated driver who hadn't been drinking at all, a patron who'd stopped drinking earlier and was just drinking water, and another who claimed to have had just two drinks that night.
According the the FWPD, the raid was a simple routine inspection, and no one was mistreated - until officers were groped by patrons.
Chad Gibson, one of the bar patrons that was arrested, ended up in the ICU of a nearby hospital in critical condition because of a blood clot on his brain. The FWPD asserts that he was one of the men that groped an officer - which apparently was reason enough for FIVE officers to slam him into a wall, cuff him with plastic zip ties, and then force him to the floor, smashing his head in the process. Other bar patrons assert that the officers were given a wide berth ("We're gay, not stupid!"), and neither Gibson nor any other bar patron groped them.
I. Am. Sickened.
[EDIT] In case anyone wants them:
Rainbow Lounge Raid - Facebook group about the raid, containing more info from patrons, including those arrested
Recent Updates on Chad Gibson's condition - from the Dallas Voice
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