Police in Atlanta raid gay bar because they could.

[Master of Ossus]

I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role homosexuality played, but I think it's fair to say:

1. Any of us would be pretty angry;
2. The Atlanta police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own bar; and,
3. There's a long history in this country of gays and lesbians being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately.

I agree. That would suck to be having a good time and then get caught up in a police raid and put nose to ground. While I partially agree with #2 because really what harm were they causing? It sounds like all the undercover police found was sexual acts occurring inside the establishment. However, at the same time what they were doing is illegal and I disagree that the police acted stupidly by enforcing the law...if that's what you meant. If you mean the actions alleged in the OP then yeah not just stupidly but criminally.

Since everyone appears to have missed it, this was a parody of Obama's statements about Professor Gates's recent arrest. I was trying to point out how dumb it is to side with the patrons in absence of a critical inquiry into the actual circumstances surrounding a police action by drawing a comparison with Obama's now-infamous comments. Even though the complaints, here, are coming from a sympathetic minority group about their treatment during the events, that doesn't mean that that group is presenting an accurate and complete version of what occurred.