Village Station police raid
The Village Station police raid was a police raid that targeted the Village Station, a gay bar in Dallas, Texas, United States. The raid occurred on October 25, 1979, and saw several bar patrons arrested for public lewdness while performing a bunny hop dance. The raid and the subsequent court cases involving those arrested are considered an important moment in the LGBT history of Dallas, with the impact it had on the city compared to that of the Stonewall riots of 1969. By the 1970s, Dallas's Oak Lawn neighborhood had become the city's gay village, and was home to several nightclubs and bars that catered to the LGBT community and had become the target of repeated police raids and other forms of discrimination. The Village Station was one such club, having relocated in mid-1979 after being destroyed in a 1976 arson. The 1979 raid, which occurred just before 1 a.m., led to the arrest of about ten patrons. While those arrested in similar Oak Lawn raids had usually pleaded guilty to avoid publicity, the Village Station raid was notable in that several arrestees fought the charges in court, leading to unprecedented public support from the local LGBT community and significant local news coverage. The events coincided with an increased push among Dallas's LGBT community for greater rights and less discrimination.
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Cedar Springs Road, Dallas
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