Jul 2 2009

Nationwide outrage and protests are occurring over the brutal all-out attack by police on a two week old gay bar in Fort Worth, Texas. The raid taking place on the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion appears to be more than a coincidence. In large numbers with batons out and guns pulled, the police entered the bar and started pushing patrons around.

In this process, young Chad Gibson was brutally attacked by officers and forced to the floor banging his head. Gibson is still in a Fort Worth hospital fighting for his life. The sheriff claims his men were 'assaulted' because someone groped an officer, asserting the action was appropriate given the 'assault'. Like the rest of those expressing outrage, it's hard to imagine anyone in any bar groping a cop who enters with guns and a baton out!

Channel 8 in Fort Worth has been covering this story as their lead. Here is an excellent report including an interview with Chad Gibson's mother.