Lambda Legal to file discrimination lawsuit against City of Atlanta, APD in Eagle raid case
National LGBT rights organization is filing suit against the City of Atlanta and the Atlanta Police Department following the controversial raid on local gay bar the Atlanta Eagle.
National LGBT rights organization Lambda Legal is holding a press conference Tuesday morning to announce a discrimination lawsuit against the City of Atlanta and officers of the Atlanta Police Department in regards to the Sept. 10 raid on the Atlanta Eagle.
The press conference will take place at Lambda Legal’s Southern Regional Office downtown at 10 a.m. and will include Senior Staff Attorney Greg Nevins and co-counsel Dan Grossman as well as three plaintiffs in the suit.
CL spoke to Lambda Legal’s Public Informations Officer Jonathan Adams tonight but he could not offer any specifics of the suit or the names of any particular police officers that will be mentioned in the complaint.
“That’s all we want out tonight,” Adams said. ”The story comes tomorrow. We’ll be filing a lawsuit. Everything else will come tomorrow.”