Pittsburgh's P Town Bar Raided During Drag Show Friday Night

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P Town Bar, an LGBTQ establishment in Pittsburgh, was “raided” by approximately 20 Pennsylvania State Police officers and undercover agents during a drag event Friday night, Q Burgh reports.

Approximately 70 patrons were forced out into the street at 11:30 pm to wait as the agents performed an unspecified inspection of the premises. Police at the time of the raid didn't say why the raid took place, and have not responded to inquiries made by Q Burgh.

Several people commented on Facebook that 3 other Pittsburgh hetero bars were also raided Friday and that the LGBT community may not have been targeted specifically.

P Town Bar shared a statement on Facebook:

"Hi everyone! (For now just a short post) I'm sure yall heard about the unfortunate situation last night, however we want to assure you we are OPEN for business and remain steadfast in our promise to provide a safe and welcoming space to our LGBTQ+ community!!!! So come on in, have a drink or 3 and enjoy the night!"

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Happy World Press Freedom Day

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As Trump's unrelenting and illegal attacks against the press continue, I would like to commemorate World Press Freedom Day with you.

If Trump were able to stifle international independent news sources like the Associated Press, it would be just a matter of time before his goons went after blogs like this.

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World Press Freedom Day. So what is it?

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Celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom, to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession.

The United Nations General Assembly declared May 3 to be World Press Freedom Day or just World Press Day, observed to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined under Article 19 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and marking the anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration, a statement of free press principles put together by African newspaper journalists in Windhoek in 1991.