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From: Kris Martin <martin@dallasvoice.com>
Date: Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Subject: Dallas Voice News Headlines - July 10, 2009
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From: Kris Martin <martin@dallasvoice.com>
Date: Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Subject: Dallas Voice News Headlines - July 10, 2009
To: st.keepinitreal@gmail.com
 July 10, 2009 New group forms in wake of raid at clubBy Tammye Nash Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission Administrator Alan Steen on Wednesday, July 1, issued a statement acknowledging that the 26-year-old gay man hospitalized with a head injury following a raid Sunday, June 28 on a Fort Worth gay bar was injured while in the custody of TABC agents. Two TABC?agents involved in the incident have been reassigned to desk jobs while an investigation into the incident is conducted, according to reports posted online by NBC?Channel 5 in Dallas. According to the statement, Chad Gibson was one of 15 people arrested Saturday night and Sunday morning during "joint inspections" by TABC agents and officers with the Fort Worth Police Department at three bars. The inspections were conducted to "ensure compliance with state alcoholic beverage laws and local ordinances." Gibson was arrested inside the Rainbow Lounge at 651 S. Jennings St., along with three other men and one woman, according to Fort Worth Police Chief Jeffrey Halstead. The other 10 individuals were arrested at the Rosedale Saloon, the adjacent Cowboy Palace and an unnamed "unlicensed location," the TABC statement said. "At the Rainbow Lounge, TABC agents placed one individual under arrest, Chad Gibson, who was injured while in the agents' custody. Mr Gibson was released to paramedics for treatment of alcohol poisoning and a head injury and transported to a local hospital," the statement said. Some reports have indicated that Gibson was taken into custody inside the nightclub and then taken outside where he began vomiting, and that he injured his head when he fell due to extreme intoxication. Several eyewitnesses inside the club at the time, however, had described seeing Gibson grabbed by officers and thrown to the floor in a hallway at the back of the club. The witnesses said that Gibson hit his head at that point, and that several officers were holding him down, one kneeling on his back and another placing his foot on Gibson's head or neck. Gibson was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at JPS Hospital where he was treated for bleeding in his brain. He remained hospitalized as of press time on Wednesday, July 1. "We are saddened that this incident occurred and extend our sincere hope that Mr. Gibson recovers quickly," Steen said in the statement. "I have initiated an internal affairs investigation to answer questions about how these locations were chosen, to review the agents' actions, and specifically to establish the facts surrounding Mr. Gibson's injury." Steen also asks that anyone who witnessed misconduct by TABC agents contact Lt. Andy Pena, acting director of the agency's Office of Professional Responsibility, by e-mail at opr@tabc.tx.us or by phone at 512-206-3405. Steen said information on how to file a complaint against a TABC agent and information on agency policy on employee investigations can be found online at TABC.state.tx.us. "I take seriously all allegations concerning inappropriate or illegal behavior by our employees," Steen said. "We have in the past, and we will in the future, take action against any employee found to have violated agency policy or the law." Steen's pledge for a thorough investigation of the raid at Rainbow Lounge and the circumstances surrounding Gibson's injury echo a pledge made Tuesday evening by Fort Worth Police Chief Jeffrey Halstead. Halstead said his department is conducting a comprehensive investigation into allegations of misconduct by Fort Worth police officers, and asked that anyone who witnessed the events at the bar contact Capt. Garcia at 817-392-4270.     | Top Stories Out comedian Wanda Sykes headlines a scaled down True Colors Tour that's coming to Nokia Theatre on Sunday. 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