In an outrageous response to the federal lawsuit filed against the city of Atlanta over the unconstitutional raid of a gay bar last year, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said he considers the suit a threat to the city.
Now that’s rich.
Atlanta city police forced 62 patrons of The Eagle, a gay bar, to lay on the grubby floors face down for an hour, ransacked through their pockets, rounded up their ID’s, threatened jail time to anybody who asked why they were being held against their will, and then threw them out–without letting them have access to their cell phones, wallets and other personal belongings.
The injured parties are a threat? What the hell is the mayor thinking? He’s calling the victims of police brutality a clear and present danger to Atlanta.