Pride month walking tour of Cedar Springs
Walking tour stopped at the Crossroads historical marker at Throckmorton and Cedar Springs. (David Taffet/Dallas Voice) Robert Emery and Kathy Jack led a group of LGBT and straight men and woman on a walking tour of Cedar Springs Road and discussed the LGBTQ history of the street.
Among the stories Emery told was the last bar raid at Village Station that ended with 10 men arrested for dancing. Attorney Don Maison won the case when he realized during the trial that the arresting officers were lying.
Maison asked for a recess, called Caven Enterprises office and had someone rush down a floor plan of the club. From where the arresting officers testified they were standing, they couldn’t possibly have seen the dance floor.
Charges were dismissed and Dallas police stopped raiding the bars on Cedar Springs Road. Until the 2003 Lawrence v. Texas case, dancing remained illegal for same-sex couple in Texas.
