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Jul 14, 2011
Six Atlanta police officers have been fired – and others face disciplinary action – after an investigation found they lied about what happened during a raid on an Atlanta gay bar.
A team of lawyers conducted an investigation into the incident and released a report last month saying that at least 10 officers lied and many deleted data from cell phones to hide their actions during the September 2009 raid.
Six officers were dismissed Friday “for violating the department’s truthfulness policy,” police spokesman Carlos Campos said in a statement. Nine other officers were disciplined – with punishment ranging from a written reprimand to 20 days suspension – as a result of the raid on the Atlanta Eagle bar, Campos said.
Patrons and employees of Atlanta’s Eagle bar said they had to lie on the floor while officers peppered them with slurs in September 2009.
