until his/her day in court… and they will either be found guity or not. The “dude” at the bar is still technically innocent. When is the Mayor going to issue a statement? And we’re going to continue to demand answers.īTW, where is the Mayor of Fort Worth? Haven’t heard from him. Gibson ‘slipped and fell’ (without noting the fat cops brutally throwing him to the ground) ? Gibson? Did they try to stop it? Did they say that Mr. What about the initial police reports? Did they report the assault on Mr.
Gibson – since there are supposedly two TABC officers on top of Mr. Armstrong (who was also attacked and injured in the raid at the same time as Mr. What about the no Miranda rights read? Why no breathalyzers? What about Mr. Who is that in the dark colored police uniform in the picture? Is it FWPD? By the way, the picture is of the assault on Mr. Did the arrested ones go to the TABC jail? Didn’t know they had one in FW (or anywhere). While I think that all Police Forces in Texas should stop cooperating with TABC until this is resolved This is quite a different response from those first couple of days when the police department’s company line was more along the lines of, hey, the cops were doing a routine inspection, got pawed and groped by drunken, sex-crazed gay folk, and reacted accordingly, simply doing their jobs, no big deal, everybody take a deep breath, chill out, nothing to look at here. Halstead is inviting community leaders to meet with him to “gain their input on how the Fort Worth Police Department can deliver improved service to all who live in, work in, and visit the City of Fort Worth.”įinally, the press release goes on to say that the chief will collaborate with the city’s Human Resource Department to ensure that current and future Fort Worth Police officers will be trained in multiculturalism, “specifically in consideration to the GLBT community.”
The chief goes on to say he will conduct meetings with TABC officials to establish “clearly defined roles and responsibilities” of each organization with the intent to better serve the community in conducting inspections.
Also, Halstead “desires to learn about the historical relationship between the TABC and the Fort Worth Police Department.”