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Today, Sunday September 13, beginning at 5:30pm interested people, activists and the curious can meet in the parking lot of the Atlanta Eagle, for a rally organized in support of the bar, employees who were arrested and patrons who were violated by the insensitive tactics employed by the Atlanta Police Department (APD). After the reading of a short statement and time for anyone willing or able to share their story, those gathered will march the short distance to City Hall where another Statement will be read.

I hope all the communities that exist on the fringe of normal vanilla society or who feel mariginalized by vanilla society whether gay or straight, will find both the time and the courage to come down to 306 Ponce de Leon Ave and attend the rally today for the Atlanta Eagle. Because the issue isn’t whether conduct was occurring that night which might have been improper, or whether or not bar patrons where outside or in the parking lot and on the street doing anything inappropreate. The issue is whether the ten (10) or so undercover police officers witnessed any illegal conduct prior to the raid that would have given them probable cause to search and detain bar employees and patrons indiscriminately. If the undercover officers didn’t witness any drug use, hand to hand drug sales, illegal weapons or a sexual act or lewd behavior, then APD over-reacted and quit possibly acted in an illegal capacity. (See the 4th Amendment.)

It is extremely important that cool heads prevail at todays scheduled rally for the Eagle, because the last thing the Eagle or the community itself needs is for this rally and march to turn ugly, allowing APD to be called in to make arrests and restore the peace. We need to remember there is an election coming up in November, and we can rest assured that politicians from both parties and all manner of idealogical beliefs and agendas will come courting our vote. That is the time to say our community straight or gay will not put up with these kinds of blatantly harassing tactics by APD. Rally today to show your support, vote carefully in November for the candidate who truly cares about stopping this sort of police terror.