WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina | Atlanta Police Department sued over raid
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Associated Press - November 24, 2009 10:54 AM ET
ATLANTA (AP) - A national gay rights group has filed a lawsuit against the Atlanta Police Department on behalf of 19 people who say they were forcibly searched and detained during a raid on an Atlanta gay bar.
Lambda Legal filed the federal lawsuit on Monday, claiming the Sept. 10 raid on the Atlanta Eagle Bar was illegal. The lawsuit names Police Chief Richard Pennington and 48 officers as defendants.
Attorney Dan Grossman said the Atlanta Police Department "is not above the law." He said they do not get to search and detain people who are not suspected of a crime.
Police said at the time they had received several complaints about criminal conduct at the club before the raid.
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