Atlanta Police Department Sued Over Gay Bar Raid

Mark Danak was relaxing at the bar after his weekly choir practice and had just asked the bartender to flip the TV to the Georgia Tech football game when he heard an officer shout “Hit the ground.” He said he spent the next hour with his face on the floor.

“I’m sorry, that was not right,” said Danak, a 38-year-old IT operator. “When rights get violated like this, people need to stand up.”

The lawsuit seeks police documents detailing how often these types of raids are conducted and asks a federal judge to block them. Gerry Weber of the Southern Center for Human Rights said doing so would be a first step in delivering justice to the bar’s patrons.

“It’s not about gay or straight, black or white,” said Weber. “It’s about innocents being treated as criminals.”

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