I had the good fortune of being in this same bar many years earlier; witnessing a raid which I remember as being really no different than the most recent raid Atlanta Eagles bar experienced. Not going to say it was the same Red Dog unit who conducted the raid. Or even try to compare the conduct of the the two raid to each other; the most recent one having the appearance of patrons roughed up more as this court case ended on a more positive note, from my perspective. Also tied into other raids and not just the Eagle raid as with the earlier raid.
Although not approached personally by any of the officers conducting the raid, still remember that feeling of my personal space being violated as I watch them conduct the raid; knowing full well acting on a complaints coming from outside the gay community. A popular gay bar seated well within the boundaries of a community mainly populated by gays. Maybe even the oldest gay bar in Atlanta now with BackStreet closed.
Angered even by the conduct and comments made by several gay patrons in the bar who considered those gays roughed up/hauled away by the police as inferiors having brought the humiliation upon themselves.
