Comments on: Atlanta gay bar, The Eagle raided

By: Alan Williams

Alan Williams — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:43:16 +0000

Well, this is the same police department that shamelessly offed a 90 something year old woman.

By: Rightwing Bugboy

Rightwing Bugboy — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:43:07 +0000

“We have reported a KNOWN drug house in our neighborhood to the police more than 20 times, and they have never raided it”

1. How do you know it’s a drug house?
2. Why not report this to the AJC or local tv?

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:09:45 +0000

I realize it’s naive to ask (among other things) whether the police ever pay attention to the news. Coming so soon after the raid of the Rainbow Bar in Fort Worth you’d think the police would tread a little more carefully. After all, that unnecessary raid resulted in a huge community outcry, an intense investigation, and the firing of some of the officers involved. (As I recall, one conveniently retired before he could face any charges.)

As much as these situations upset me, I can’t help thinking of an English friend of mine who told me about the time the police in his community had sensitivity training, which involved sending individual police officers around to meet with gay couples. My friend and his partner were among the couples, and the officer who met with them was surprisingly, er, enthusiastic. What my friend assumed would be a short, polite meeting turned into a long evening that included taking the officer to his first gay bar.

That’s the sort of story I’d like to hear more often, but, sadly, I doubt it happens very often.

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:52:24 +0000

Re: Crackhouse
You should contact your local community prosecutor. Yes, they have DA’s posted in zones throughout the city. Do you know what zone you live in?

By: duane

duane — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:35:01 +0000

@Eater: that video is horrifying.

By: Eater

Eater — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:44:59 +0000

I’m starting to believe that nobody is safe from the police anywhere in the United States.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=54162036#

By: duane

duane — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:34:41 +0000

@Joey: that is when it becomes an issue of civil rights violation. We have reported a KNOWN drug house in our neighborhood to the police more than 20 times, and they have never raided it. Again, the more you look at this, the more it screams anti-gay discrimination. It’s sickening to think that it happened here.

By: joey

joey — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:15:27 +0000

And nothing illegal was found…. not one single thing. Don’t you reserve raids for times when you KNOW something is going on and you want to catch them in the act or all at once? Sooooo if there was no evidence of drugs(since there were none) and no illegal activity was found whatsoever, wtf was the point of the raid? idiots.