APD protest over Eagle Raid

 

Community Rally Against APD Raid at The Eagle Atlanta

WE WILL NOT BE SILENT!

Host:	The Atlanta LGBTQ Community
Network:	Global

Date:	Saturday, September 12, 2009
Time:	5:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:	The Eagle Atlanta
Street:	306 Ponce De Leon Ave
City/Town:	Atlanta, GA

Description

***We will be at Caribou at 10th/Piedmont this evening at 7:30 to discuss details of the protest and get logistics worked out.

At 8:00 pm we are going to The Eagle to stand in solidarity and show our support for the establishment. Join us at either time.***

The Eagle was raided last night by undercover and uniformed Atlanta Police. Witness accounts make this raid sound eerily familiar to the Stonewall Weekend raid by the Forth Worth Texas Police at the Rainbow Lounge on June 28th of this year.

Reports are still trickling in but there are many accounts of police harassment, antagonism and threats.

Many have reported hearing officers say such disparaging remarks as they "hate gay people" and worse.

As the hub of the Southeast LGBTQ community, this kind of harassment cannot be tolerated in Midtown if LGBTQ residents don't want to be pushed out of the community WE FOSTERED & DEVELOPED. 


Stay tuned for further details as to when and where this demonstration will be held. NOW IS THE TIME.


WHAT CAN YOU DO?
-Keep spreading this information: post & e-mail
-Keep contacting CNN to report links to the story: http://www.cnn.com/feedback/
-Contact all LGBTQ & ally business venues in Midtown to join support & be at the rally (This could happen at ANY LGBTQ venue!)
-Email & contact SoVo, Creative Loafing etc with any new info
-Spread witness accounts


We're a cover story on Advocate.com!