Atlanta police and LGBT leadership to participate in community forum
Free event at Virginia-Highland Church Oct. 5 offers chance to discuss the events surrounding the raid on the Atlanta Eagle
Nearly three weeks after the controversial police raid on local gay bar the Eagle, a protest or two, a press conference, and calls for resignations and outrage throughout the gay and straight communities alike, the Atlanta Police Department and the Atlanta community are going to church.
The forum came together as a result of a collaboration between openly gay mayoral candidate Kyle Keyser and LGBT community liaison Officer Dani Lee Harris, with help from Atlanta City Council Post 1 at-large candidate Adam Brackman. The forum, which is free and open to the public, starts at at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 5, at Virginia-Highland Church. It’s co-sponsored by grassroots group Atlantans Together Against Crime, of which Keyser is a founder.