FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission says it’s investigating a joint police raid on a Fort Worth gay bar that left one man hospitalized with a head injury and sparked claims of brutality and violations.
The agency said it would review the agents’ actions and determine how Chad Gibson was injured.
Gibson had been arrested and was in a TABC agent’s custody when he was injured. The 26-year-old also needed treatment for alcohol poisoning when paramedics took him to the hospital.
Early Sunday morning some TABC agents and Fort Worth police officers went to the Rainbow Lounge. Authorities said they were doing routine inspections to ensure compliance with state alcoholic beverage laws.
But some Rainbow Lounge patrons said authorities grabbed people or shoved them onto the ground. They have denied police claims that anyone groped or made lewd gestures toward officers.