ATLANTA, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Lawyers for the owners and two employees of a gay club in Atlanta said Tuesday charges against them might be resolved before the case goes to trial.
The Sept. 10 raid on the Atlanta Eagle angered the city's gay community, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution said. While Police Chief Richard Pennington said plainclothes officers had seen drug deals and sex acts during incognito visits to the club, police during the raid found evidence only of dancers performing without a permit.
Eight people were arrested, the two owners, a bartender, the doorman and four dancers. The dancers did not appear in court Tuesday morning.
More than 60 patrons were detained, and some said later they had been searched illegally and were forced to lie on the floor in handcuffs for as long as an hour.
A Municipal Court judge gave prosecution and defense six weeks to agree on a resolution to the case, scheduling trial for Nov. 3.
