{"id":5758,"date":"2011-07-15T14:05:23","date_gmt":"2011-07-09T08:11:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-09T08:11:44","slug":"en-US","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=5758","title":{"rendered":"WSB2: “6 APD Officers Fired Over Eagle Raid”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five Atlanta police officers were fired for lying during an investigation into a raid on a gay bar where patrons’ Fourth Amendment rights were violated. Nine more were reprimanded, and over $1M paid out in settlements. See WSB2 Atlanta: 6 APD Officers Fired Over Eagle Raid<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reports conclude that most of the officers involved in the operation did not conform to the APD’s standard operating procedures,\u201d the mayor\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n

Officers said they raided the bar on Ponce de Leon on Sept. 10, 2009, after they got a tip that drugs were being sold and that sex acts were taking place there. Police searched about five dozen patrons and arrested eight employees in the raid. Witnesses said officers used anti-gay slurs and roughed up customers.<\/p>\n

The report said patrons were unnecessarily forced on the ground while background checks were run. When asked why, one officer said, \u201cThere\u2019s a risk factor involved when you\u2019re dealing with people you don\u2019t know anything about. S&M, that has a stigma of some sort of violence,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n

Another officer is quoted as saying, \u201cSeeing another man have sex with another man — I would classify that as very violent.\u201d<\/p>\n

The city paid 28 people $1,025,000 to settle the federal lawsuit. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The handling of the customers was clearly a violation of Ybarra, decided in 1979. How much notice do they need? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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