Decades after the Stonewall Riots, police are still raiding gay bars and victimizing patrons. On September 10 a swat team raided the Atlanta Eagle and searched customers without probable cause or a search warrant. Police officers threw the patrons (some of whom were elderly) to the floor and subjected them to racist and homophobic slurs. Until everyone sees events like this as threatening to ALL Americans, not just GLBT folk, they will continue to happen. Perhaps they won't be as dramatic as this raid, but variations on this theme will still occur. It is up to us -- and thank you, blogactive. com -- to spread the word of these events to people outside Atlanta. A more detailed account can be found at blogactive.com and http://atlantaeagleraid.com/
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