Demonstrators Protest Police Raid on Texas Gay Bar

A crowd of more than 100 protesters chanted “No more!” from the steps of the Tarrant County Courthouse on Sunday evening as they demanded an investigation of a police raid that happened hours earlier at a gay nightclub. One patron was seriously injured during the raid at the Rainbow Lounge, which resulted in the arrests of seven people, protesters said. Speaker after speaker decried what they called excessive force during the raid, an accusation that police dispute. “I was scared,” said Todd Camp, a former Star-Telegram writer who helped organize the protest. “I have never seen anything like this in my life.”

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  1. wayne kahler June 30th, 2009 6:33 pm

    Could it be? The return of the SS.

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