Lesbian/gay church condemns Fort Worth Police raid on newly opened Rainbow Lounge early Sunday

burlyqueen says:

Public intoxication is the most BS charge in the book. Especially when it’s in a bar; a place of alcohol consumption. Duh.

snowboard9 says:

Sorry. I don't buy the Ft worth police explanation.

It tells like a typical COPS episode where Andy Billie-Bob Griffith innocently conducts an inspection and the evil citizens attack.

I see it as typical mob cop behavior just waiting for the right drunken patron to set them off.

Interestedcitizen5 says:

I think it is rather odd that a pastor of a church would defend people who were violating TABC rules and groping police officers who were trying to arrest them. It just shows that Michael Piazza is one of the blind leading the blind, labeling abhorrent behavior as virtuous, elevating the unfruitful deeds of darkness as enlightened behavior.

Just tell me, what is elevating to the human body and spirit to be intoxicated to the point that one loses discretion? What is elevating about putting oneself in danger of liver failure or liver cancer? Finally, what is elevating about groping a police officer? No person detained by a police officer has any right to touch that officer or resist arrest. When the officer says, "get down," the only thing to do is to "get down." That means lie flat on the ground with your hands around your back. That means allowing the officer to handcuff you and to escort you to the squad car. It means to go quietly, without protest. It means contacting a lawyer and dealing with whether the arrest was proper in front of a judge, not the arresting officer, who has a duty to protect the public and make accusations. Arguing with a police officer accomplishes nothing.

Groping a law officer is low and despicable behavior. It shows utter lack of respect for the police officer. It deserves no defense, especially from a pastor.

If it is against the law for bartenders to serve alcohol to people who are already drunk, it is certainly appropriate for TABC inspectors and police officers to arrest those who served the excess alcohol and those who consumed excess alcohol. A bar is a public place, unlike one's own home. Drunk people in bars are a dangerous threat to society, because they get in their cars and they kill people on the way home. The public is protected when they are arrested before they get on the road.