TABC Fires Agents Over Rainbow Lounge Raid
On June 28, 2009, the Fort Worth Police Department raided the Rainbow Lounge and began randomly handcuffing and arresting patrons and shoving anyone who dared to ask why. One patron, Chad Gibson, was rushed to the emergency room with bleeding in the brain after a particularly brutal takedown.
What makes this incident that much more disturbing? It occurred on the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Regardless of your views of gay rights, this type of police brutality cannot be condoned, and the TABC finally agrees. Today the agency announced that a supervisor and two agents were fired over the incident. "Since the raid, the agency has changed several policies - including how it uses force in certain situations - and is shortening agents' shifts, increasing cultural diversity training and reviewing the agent trainee field training program."
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