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No ‘excessive force’ at Rainbow Lounge, official reports say

Qnews  Nov 06 09

Fort Worth Police Chief Jeff Halstead announced at a Thursday press conference that an internal department investigation has concluded that his officers did not use “excessive force” during a June raid at a Fort Worth gay club, the Rainbow Lounge.
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Texas liquor board to make changes after bar raid

Google Gay News / Houston Chronicle  Nov 05 09

PinkNews.co.uk Texas liquor board to make changes after bar raidHouston ChronicleHowever, the investigation by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission did not find that the bar was targeted because of its gay and lesbian customers, .
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Item: Report expected to mostly clear Rainbow raid officers

Qnews  Nov 04 09

   ::: At a press conference tomorrow, Forth Worth Police Chief Jeff Halstead will announce the results of a long-anticipated internal investigation by his department of a June raid on Rainbow Lounge, a gay club in Fort Worth, a police spokesman confirmed today.
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TABC Hires Resource Center for Diversity Training

Gay Agenda  Oct 30 09

In response to the Rainbow Lounge raid, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission announced Thursday, Oct.
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Texas police in gay-bar raid rarely disciplined

Topix Gay News  Sep 29 09

An Associated Press review of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission's internal affairs logs found that all but 39 of the 234 allegations of excessive force or unprofessional conduct lodged against agents since 2004 have been closed without disciplinary action.
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Ft. Worth gay bar raid might have happened because the TABC doesn't discipline its officers properly

Bilerico  Sep 23 09

Surprise, surprise: the police can't police themselves.

An Associated Press review of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission's internal affairs logs found that all but 39 of the 234 allegations of excessive force or unprofessional conduct lodged against agents since 2004 have been closed without disciplinary action.
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Three fired over Texas gay bar raid

Pink News  Sep 01 09

Three officers from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission have been fired after an investigation into a raid on a Fort Worth gay bar.
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Texas liquor board fires 2 agents and their boss over raid at Fort Worth gay bar

Topix Gay News  Sep 01 09

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said Friday it has fired the two agents, as well as their supervisor, who took part in this summer's raid of a Fort Worth gay bar that resulted in law enforcement clashing with hundreds of patrons and leaving one man hospitalized with a serious head injury.
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Three Axed Over Texas Gay Club Raid

Yahoo Gay News / The Advocate via Yahoo! News  Aug 31 09

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has fired two agents who took part in a June 28 raid on a gay bar in Fort Worth, along with their supervisor, the Associated Press reports.
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Texas liquor board fires 3 over raid on gay bar

Yahoo Gay News / 365 Gay  Aug 31 09

(Fort Worth, Texas) Texas' liquor board fired two agents and a supervisor, disciplined two other supervisors and changed several policies in the wake of a raid at a gay bar that left a customer seriously injured and led to protests, officials announced Friday.
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Texas liquor board fires 3 over raid on gay bar

Wicked Gay Blog  Aug 29 09

Texas’ liquor board fired two agents and a supervisor, disciplined two other supervisors and changed several policies in the wake of a raid at a gay bar that left a customer seriously injured and led to protests, officials announced Friday.
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Three Fired After Investigation Into Raid On Gay Bar in Fort Worth - Lez Get Real

Topix Gay News  Aug 29 09

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission or TABC has fired three employees associated with the raid on the Rainbow Lounge in June.
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Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission fires three after inquiry into Fort Worth gay bar raid

Yahoo Gay News / Dallas Morning News  Aug 29 09

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission on Friday fired two agents and a supervisor and disciplined two other high-ranking employees after an investigation into a controversial raid on a Fort Worth gay bar revealed numerous policy violations.
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Shady Agents Fired For Participation In Texas Gay Bar Raid!!

Perez Hilton  Aug 28 09

They actually followed through! After apologizing and promising changes in the wake of the violent raid of Fort Worth's Rainbow Lounge in June, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has fired two agents and a supervisor, disciplined two other supervisors and changed several policies.
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Texas ABC fires 2 agents and their boss over raid at Fort Worth gay bar

Yahoo Gay News / Los Angeles Times  Aug 28 09

The Alcoholic Beverage Commission agents were part of a raid at the Rainbow Lounge that led to clashes with hundreds of patrons on the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall raid in New York.
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TABC Fires 3 Over Raid at Rainbow Lounge

Gay Agenda  Aug 28 09

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has fired two of the agents and a supervisor who were involved in the raid at the Rainbow Lounge, a gay bar in Fort Worth which left one bar patron with a serious head injury.
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Fort Worth police chief apologizes for Rainbow Lounge raid, promises changes

Qnews  Aug 19 09

Source: NBC-DFW, KERA, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Dallas Voice Fort Worth police chief Jeff Halstead apologized Tuesday for mistakes made during the Rainbow Lounge raid Dallas Voice photo

Fort Worth's police chief apologized Tuesday for a June 28 raid at the Rainbow Lounge that left one man seriously injured and civil rights activists outraged.
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Internal Report Show Multiple Violations in Forth Worth Raid

365 Gay News  Aug 10 09

An internal Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission report shows that the agents who participated in the raid of the Rainbow Lounge on the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots did not have official approval to make the raid in the first place.
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Columnist sees Rainbow Lounge raid as ‘intolerant hatemongering’

Qnews  Aug 10 09

“Mistakes were made…”, said a spokesman for the Texas state agency whose officers participated in a Stonewall-Day raid on a Fort Worth gay bar that rounded up dozens of people and left one man seriously injured and five arrested.
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In Light of TABC Report, Raid at Fort Worth Gay Bar Looks Uglier

Gay Agenda  Aug 10 09

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission allows that its agents committed more than a half-dozen potentially fireable offenses during the June raid on a Cowtown gay bar – and the agency hasn’t even addressed the part about how one patron got his noggin busted.
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