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Six Atlanta police officers have been fired for lying about what happened during their infamous 2009 raid on the Eagle nightclub. Other firings may be coming. The actions come almost 10 days after the release of 343-page report detailing how 16 officers lied or destroyed evidence when asked about the raid at the Atlanta Eagle bar. The report said 10 …

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, some of the undercover cops that took part in the now-infamous raid on the Atlanta Eagle had been drinking heavily in the bar before the raid began. Two of the cops are said to have downed “shot after shot of Jagermeister,” including rounds bought for them by the bartender. Three undercover officers were already in …

The police officer who led the ill-fated raid at the Atlanta Eagle has been arrested for DUI and possession of marijuana. According to Cobb County Sheriff’s Office booking reports, Bennie Evett Bridges, 41, was stopped Thursday a little before 3 a.m. for speeding in excess of 100 miles per hour and Cobb Police officers subsequently charged him with possession of …

(Via – Georgia Voice)

The city of Atlanta has agreed to pay a $1M settlement over last year’s outrageous police raid of the Eagle, a popular leather bar where employees and patrons were forced to lie on a filthy floor as cops reportedly shouted anti-gay slurs. The Georgia Voice reports: The Atlanta City Council voted unanimously this afternoon to approve a $1.025 million settlement …

Atlanta’s Citizen Review Board has ruled that 24 city cops falsely imprisoned patrons of the Atlanta Eagle during a raid that occurred one year ago today. The board is delaying deciding on a punishment for the officers pending a review of what role their supervisors had in the raid. The CRB, a citizens oversight board created by the Atlanta City …

Tomorrow, Wednesday May 12th, the NYC Eagle will host a benefit for Lambda Legal in solidarity with the Atlanta Eagle, who was the subject of a ridiculous raid last September. All patrons and employees were found not guilty last month, but Lambda Legal’s lawsuit against the city of Atlanta, their police chief, and 48 police officers will continue. The Atlanta …

On May 12th the NYC Eagle will host a benefit for Lambda Legal in solidarity with the Atlanta Eagle, who was the subject of a ridiculous raid last September. All patrons and employees were found not guilty last month, but Lambda Legal’s lawsuit against the city of Atlanta, their police chief, and 48 police officers will continue. The Atlanta City …

Several days after all of the Atlanta Eagle bar raid patrons and employees were found not guilty or had their charges dismissed, the lawsuit against the Atlanta police has expanded. Attorneys have now named 35 individual Atlanta police officers in the suit and have added six more Eagle patrons as plaintiffs. (PDF.)

Three of the gay men arrested during the police raid of the Atlanta Eagle have been found not guilty. The judge then threw out the charges against the other five defendants when detectives could not identify them. Municipal Judge Crystal Gaines said city police failed to produce evidence proving that men danced naked without permits or that the bar operators …

One of the lawyers representing the patrons of the Atlanta Eagle has written to note that fewer than half of the customers who were present on the night of that outrageous raid have joined the lawsuit against the city and the cops. He advises that there are only a few days left to “easily” join the complaint. And it won’t …

The Atlanta City Council will subpoena eighteen police officers to force their testimony before a citizen review board about last September’s raid of the Atlanta Eagle in which patrons were handcuffed, verbally abused, and forced to lie on the floor. The Committee on Council’s unanimous vote came after more than an hour of testimony, questions and debate Monday on the …

On behalf of 19 customers who suffered physical and verbal abuse during a September raid of the Atlanta Eagle nightclub, Lambda Legal is suing the city, the chief of police, and 48 individual cops. Via press release: “The illegal activity going on in the Atlanta Eagle that night was committed by the APD,” said Greg Nevins, Supervising Senior Staff Attorney …

At noon tomorrow, Saturday, a massive rally is planned for Atlanta’s City Hall in protest of police actions during the raid of the Atlanta Eagle last week. From GLBT/ATL: GLBTATL, made up of members of Atlanta’s LGBT community, and our allies are highly concerned with the Atlanta Police Department in their handling of the police action against the Atlanta Eagle …

The Southern Voice has published some of the complaints filed with the Atlanta police after their raid of the Eagle nightclub, during which many patrons were forced to lie face-down and handcuffed on a filthy floor. According to the complaints, police officers made racist and homophobic comments during the raid. • One man said officers grabbed patrons who didn’t immediately …

Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Atlanta Eagle this weekend to decry last week’s raid by the Atlanta police. John Curran says he was at the Atlanta Eagle Thursday night when both uniformed and undercover APD officers stormed the building and forced all 60-or-so patrons there to the floor. Addressing several hundred demonstrators last night outside of the bar, Curran …

A rally protesting the treatment of staff and patrons during yesterday’s police raid at the Atlanta Eagle will take place tomorrow, Saturday, at the nightclub at 7:30PM. Facebook action page here.

Last night Atlanta police raided the popular Eagle nightclub, arresting several employees and angering patrons who claim they are being harassed. About ten police cars and about 15 cops raided the bar, allegedly looking for drugs. However, the police were said to have ordered all patrons to get on the ground–including patrons who were just dancing or standing at the …