The Fort Worth, Texas, police have taken a major step toward repairing its relatioship with the LGBT community after a violent bar raid on June 28, 2009-‚the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. The fracas came in for criticism from government officials and eventually police officials themselves.
After intense media scrutiny and protests from the Fort Worth LGBT community in the weeks following the Rainbow Lounge incident, the Fort Worth Police Department began a number of initiatives meant to mend fences with the LGBT community. One such action (in addition to an official apology from the Chief of Police) is the appointment of Sara Straten to the interim position of LGBT liaison. (Continue Reading-Source/Edge)
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