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[Fort Worth city council in session]

A photograph of the Fort Worth city council gathered for a session about the raid on the Rainbow Lounge. They are seated (L-R) Salvador Espino, Carter Burdette, Jungus Jordan, Dale Fisseler, Mike Moncrief, David Yett, Joel Burns, Zim Zimmerman, Kathleen Hicks, Nicole Seidel, Marty Hendrix, and Ron Gonzales. There is apodium in front of them.
Date: July 14, 2009
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Daniel Scott Cates speaking outside the courthouse]

A photograph of Daniel Scott Cates, a member of the local Queer Liberaction group, speaking at a rally outside of the Fort Worth Courthouse. They were protesting due to the recent Rainbow Lounge Raid. Cates is wearing a shirt that reads "Fight the H8" and a few are wearing buttons.
Date: July 12, 2009
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Candlelight vigil outside of Rainbow Lounge]

A photograph of people gathered outside of the Rainbow Lounge for a candlelight vigil due to the recent raid. They are holding up small candles and the sign as well as a "Grand Re-Opening" banner are visible. A man with a camera is standing at he back of the crowd.
Date: July 1, 2009
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Candles held up at raid vigil]

Two photographs of people gathered for a candlelight vigil outside of the Rainbow Lounge after a raid. They are holding up their candles and looking toward the building.
Date: July 2009
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Chief Halstead at press conference podium]

A photograph of Fort Worth police Chief Jeffrey Halstead standing behind a podium during a press conference. The press conference was held to announce the investigation results after the Rainbow Lounge raid. There are several microphones on the podium and the chief is wearing his official uniform.
Date: July 2009
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
System: The UNT Digital Library

["Halstead Hates" sign at rally]

A photograph of a woman holding a sign that says "Halstead HATES" at a rally following the Rainbow Lounge raid. People around her are also holding rainbow flags.
Date: July 2009
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Queer Liberaction activist between police]

A photograph of one of the Queer Liberaction activists being escorted out of what appears to be a hearing room by two police officers. There are many others seated in the room and a few appear to be clapping.
Date: July 2009
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Protesters outside of the Rainbow Lounge]

A photograph of protesters outside of the Rainbow Lounge for a rally due to the recent raid. They are holding signs that read "Stop the discrimination NOW!!" and unbalanced scales with sex symbols and the word "Why!". They are also holding rainbow flags and an umbrella. There is a man with camera recording it.
Date: 2009-06-29~
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Chad Gibson in neck brace]

A photograph of Chad Gibson, who was injured in the Rainbow Lounge raid, in a neck brace. He is lying in what appears to be a hospital bed and has a bruise on his cheekbone.
Date: 2009-06-28~
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Police with Chad Gibson on the ground]

A photograph of police gathered around Chad Gibson to detain him while he is on the ground. They are in the hallway of the Rainbow Lounge during a raid that spurred a movement. There is another man standing nearby.
Date: June 28, 2009
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Protester holding flag at Fort Worth Courthouse]

A photograph of protesters outside of the Fort Worth courthouse. They are holding signs in response to the recent raid on the Rainbow Lounge, a gay bar in Fort Worth. A man standing across the street is holding up a large rainbow flag and has a megaphone at his side.
Date: 2009-06-28~
Creator: Gutirrez, Felipe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Protester yelling after Rainbow Lounge raid]

A photograph of protesters holding signs and rainbow flags in response to the recent raid on the Rainbow Lounge, a gay bar in Fort Worth.
Date: 2009-06-28~
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Protesters at Fort Worth Courthouse]

A photograph of protesters on the steps of the Fort Worth courthouse. They are holding signs in response to the recent raid on the Rainbow Lounge, a gay bar in Fort Worth. Some of the signs read "Have u been drunk in a bar?! Arrest yourself", "Remembering Stonewall Lesbian Gay Bi-sexual Trans Equality NOW!!!", "Second Class Citizen", and "Enough is ENOUGH!!". People are also holding rainbow flags.
Date: 2009-06-28~
Creator: Gutirrez, Felipe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Haltom's Jewelers]

Photograph of the exterior of Haltom's Jewelers, a red brick building with several turrets, in Fort Worth, Texas. A banner to the left advertises the Fort Worth Arts Festival, and there is a clock in front of the building.
Date: April 2009
Creator: Bell, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arlington Police Department Annual Awards Ceremony program, 2009, page 2]

Photograph of page 2 of the 2009 Arlington Police Department Annual Awards Ceremony program. The page describes each award and the winner. Gil and Bonnie Ginn won the Citizen Community Award. Sunrise Rotary won the Business Partnership Award. Officer Lance Smith won the Rookie Officer of the Year. Detective Angie Franco won Detective of the Year. Corporal Keith Scullin won Operations Officer of the Year. Melissa Juarez won Administrative Employee of the Year.
Date: February 26, 2009
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arlington Police Department Annual Awards Ceremony program, 2009, page 3]

Photograph of page 3 of the 2009 Arlington Police Department Annual Awards Ceremony program. The page describes each award and the winner. The awards are Technical/Exempt Employee of the Year, North District Officer of the Year, East District Officer of the Year, South/West District Officer of the Year, Officer of the Year, and Supervisor of the Year.
Date: February 26, 2009
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arlington Police Department Annual Awards Ceremony program, 2009, page 4]

Photograph of page 4 of the 2009 Arlington Police Department Annual Awards Ceremony program. The page describes each award and the winner. The page shows the recipients of the 2008 Departmental awards. It also shows the members of the 2008 Academy classes and acknowledgments.
Date: February 26, 2009
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arlington Police Department Annual Awards Ceremony program, 2009, view 1]

Photograph of the front cover of the Annual Awards Ceremony Program. The program is titled with three lines: "The 2008 John V. and Jeri McMillian Memorial; The Arlington Police Department; Annual Awards Ceremony". The title is followed by a picture of the South Arlington Police Service Center. In smaller italic text below the picture is written "Presented by the Arlington Police Department and The Police Foundation - Arlington, Texas." On the cover's bottom left are pictures of the Arlington Police patch, a side panel of an Arlington Police cruiser, and a line of police officers standing outside presumably waiting to be presented their awards. On the bottom right in six lines of text is the award program date, time, location, and address: "Thursday, Febuary 26, 2009; 3 pm; Fielder Road Baptist Church; Metro Center; 1501 West Pioneer Parkway; Arlington, TX 76013." Pages 2-4 are also included in separate photographs.
Date: February 26, 2009
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arlington Police Department Annual Awards Ceremony program, 2009, view 2]

Photograph of the front cover of the Annual Awards Ceremony Program. The program is titled with three lines: "The 2008 John V. and Jeri McMillian Memorial; The Arlington Police Department; Annual Awards Ceremony". The title is followed by a picture of the South Arlington Police Service Center. In smaller italic text below the picture is written "Presented by the Arlington Police Department and The Police Foundation - Arlington, Texas." On the cover's bottom left are pictures of the Arlington Police patch, a side panel of an Arlington Police cruiser, and a line of police officers standing outside presumably waiting to be presented their awards. On the bottom right in six lines of text is the award program date, time, location, and address: "Thursday, Febuary 26, 2009; 3 pm; Fielder Road Baptist Church; Metro Center; 1501 West Pioneer Parkway; Arlington, TX 76013." Pages 2-4 are also included in separate photographs.
Date: February 26, 2009
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barren Field Shutter]

Photograph of the barren field building's shutter from inside. The wall is eroded and has two pieces of reinforcing bars in the window horizontally and vertically.
Date: February 24, 2009
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Inside Barren Field Building]

Photograph of the inside of the barren field building. It has brick flooring and two visible windows with shutters which are eroded and have reinforcing bars on them.
Date: February 24, 2009
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Marker Dedicated to Ormer Locklear]

Photograph of a dedication marker to Lieutenant Ormer Locklear. The grey marker sits atop a granite block and reads "Dedicated to Lt. Ormer Locklear, Who First Started His Flying Stunt Here."
Date: February 24, 2009
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Barren Field]

Photograph of a barren field with a little building in the middle of it. There are blue shutters on the building and a blue and white sign in the middle of them, and trees nearby. There are buildings all along the background of the photograph.
Date: February 24, 2009
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[APD patch. Current officer's patch, 2010-present]

Photograph of the current APD patch which was commissioned in 2009. The patch is outlined in first in black, then white and finally blue on a black background. "Police" is written in white at the top and is blocked in by a slightly arched blue line. The Arlington logo (the left leg of the "A" in blue, the right leg in red, and crossed by a white star) is in the center of the patch. Beneath the logo, "Arlington" is written in white. At the bottom of the patch, Texas is depicted in red and overwritten with "Texas" in white.
Date: 2009~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History