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Six police officers fired, nine disciplined over botched raid of Atlanta gay bar
Six Atlanta police officers have been fired following an investigation into the botched raid of an Atlanta gay bar in 2009.
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Atlanta gay bar gets $1 million for bogus raid; still no resolution in Fort Worth invasion
The Atlanta City Council last week voted 14-0 to award the Atlanta Eagle bar $1 million in response to a federal lawsuit filed by a private attorney on behalf of 19 clients unjustly arrested in a botched police raid last September.
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City of Atlanta, police department, officers sued over raid at gay bar
A national gay rights group has filed a lawsuit against the Atlanta Police Department on behalf of 19 people who say they were forcibly searched and detained during a raid on an Atlanta gay bar. Lambda Legal filed the lawsuit against the city of Atlanta, the Chief of Police and forty-eight individual officers of the […]
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Protests over gay bar raid escalate, Atlanta police release complaints
ATLANTA — Days of protests over an Atlanta police raid on a gay bar continued Tuesday afternoon, this time reaching city hall. About 20 protestors showed up for the Atlanta City Council’s Public Safety Committee meeting, claiming the Sept. 10 raid at the Atlanta Eagle bar was uncalled for and heavy handed, reports WXIA-TV. Witnesses […]
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‘Eagle’ patrons to rally Sunday night in protest of gay bar raid
ATLANTA — Patrons and supporters of the gay leather bar the Atlanta Eagle are gathering today at 5 p.m. in the parking lot of the establishment to hold a rally to protest a controversial raid where eight employees were arrested by Atlanta Police on Sept. 10. On Friday night, supporters gathered at the bar in […]
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Atlanta police descend on gay bar in ‘Stonewall’-like raid
ATLANTA — The owners of an Atlanta gay bar say their establishment was unfairly targeted by police conducting a raid Thursday evening. Several customers at Atlanta Eagle say they were harassed without prompting, forced to the ground and frisked. “Our problem is with the way our customers were treated,” said one of the Eagle’s owners, […]