Fort Worth Police Chief Jeff Halstead announced at a Thursday press conference that an internal department investigation has concluded that his officers did not use “excessive force” during a June raid at a Fort Worth gay club, the Rainbow Lounge. LGBT advocates quickly renewed calls for an independent investigation. The raid was conducted by Fort Worth police officers and agents of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) on June 28, the 40th anniversary of the eerily similar police raid on the Stonewall Inn in New York City. Witnesses said dozens of Rainbow Lounge patrons were put in restraints ...

 At a press conference yesterday, Fort Worth police chief Jeff Halstead announced that a chapter was being closed in discussing investigations related to the June raid on the Rainbow Lounge: "Speaking at a news conference across from the bar, chief Jeffrey Halstead acknowledged officers were overaggressive, creating an atmosphere of 'fear and confusion' in the bar. But he said none crossed the line in how they handled people or went into the bar because of its clientele. 'It was very clear from this inquiry that there was no malice or ill will on the part of any officers who entered the Rainbow Lounge,' he ...

   ::: At a press conference tomorrow, Forth Worth Police Chief Jeff Halstead will announce the results of a long-anticipated internal investigation by his department of a June raid on Rainbow Lounge, a gay club in Fort Worth, a police spokesman confirmed today. One man was hospitalized with serious head trauma suffered during the raid. Witnesses said he was thrown to the ground by officers. But NBC-DFW reports that the police department’s 1000-page report concludes that Fort Worth’s officers did not use excessive force or violate other operational policies. The report faults officers only for failing to file a ...