Then they turn around and get somewhere between 15 and 30 cops to raid a bar and arrest people for dancing in their tighty-whities? It warrants an investigation merely because it was a waste of valuable resources alone, not to mention the statements of the arresting officers who stated that they "hated gay people" and were hoping to find people in the military so they could report them and get them discharged. Last time I called the police after having seen someone through a brick through the window of a car, it took them two and a half hours to show up. We have police furloughs coupled with a pretty large spike in property crimes in the midtown neighborhood. If you lived in Atlanta maybe you would get the context of this raid.
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Even assuming there was some type of show-and-tell going on with the go-go boys, violation of ordinances typically are met with the issuance of a citation and fine, not an arrest and incarceration for a full day until bail is set. Finding no outstanding warrants, they arrested folks for dancing in their underwear.Ĭity of Atlanta ordinances require licensing for strippers, not for go-go boys. Not finding any drugs, weapons or other contraband, the APD then brought a laptop in the bar and ran a search on the patrons to find any warrants. Sixty-two people were cuffed and put face down on the floor for a couple of hours, during which the police searched them for drugs.
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These "anonymous" tips that are causing significant diversion of law enforcement resources are really getting out of hand. Well, they sent in undercover cops, and if the cops didn't see illicit sex, didn't see any drugs, then why didn't they just leave? Because they had already invested the manpower of 15+ cops and the paddy wagons were already there, so they had to find something to charge them with. In this case, they said they had a tip about "illicit sex", other people heard drugs, noise, whatever. Anyone heard of Kathryn Johnson-the 90-something woman who was killed in her home in Atlanta when APD raided looking for drugs? with the no knock warrant that they got by lying? and then their lying and planting of pot in the house to cover up the truth.?Ītlanta has a long history of targeting gay establishments. The police can always find something.and if they can't, some of them will make it up.
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Owner says he didn't need "adult entertainment" permit, and (as someone experienced in these types of permitting issues in Atlanta), I think he is correct.ĪNYONE who thinks that if you're abiding by the law and all your permits are in order, etc etc, then you won't have a problem, is extremely naive. They weren't strippers they had their private parts covered up.