Unnamed, of course, because the good law-enforcement professional felt it necessary to don a black ninja mask during the roust in order to conceal his identity:
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The reason given for the clandestine "high risk" operation on the Eagle bar in the first place?
"A guard at the Eagle says TABC officials were questioning whether the address on the liquor license was changed after the club reopened just yards from its previous location." (Emphasis mine)
That sure sounds like an minor administrative point to us. Why was it necessary to investigate it with black-clad thugs in the middle of the night instead of calling the bar's management and clearing up the point during the day, if this wasn't a blatant harassment attempt?
A DPD spokesman admits that it was probably one of their officers who was apparently so proud of his actions that he felt it necessary to cower behind his security blanket:
"[The spokesman] concurred it could have been one of their officers who do at time wear masks to conceal their identities, but they do not have the authority to shut down a bar."
Because checking the address on a liquor license is apparently comparable to busting a meth lab run by violent felons.
Those types of masks should only be specifically permitted during the service of truly high-risk search warrants, and not for garden-variety investigations such as this one apparently was, as the peasants certainly have a right to know which public "servants" are giving them such a hard time while they're attempting to enjoy a night out.
At least no one was injured this time, unlike what happened at a Fort Worth club three weeks ago, in which one man was reportedly hospitalized for a brain bleed from being assaulted by officers while numerous other people were arrested for public intoxication.
At a bar.
No reason has yet been given by the "authorities" for the Fort Worth raid. Perhaps they didn't have the requisite number of urinal cakes in the bathroom.
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