Houston strip club wins federal court order to reopen, after earlier standoff with police

[dalton99a]

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Strip-club-wins-federal-court-order-to-reopen-15241688.php

Strip club wins federal court order to reopen under governor’s order, after earlier standoff with police
Dylan McGuinness
May 1, 2020
Updated: May 2, 2020 6:26 p.m.

A strip club in Houston won a temporary order from federal court Friday night to resume business this weekend under the governor’s reopen order, drawing the frustration of local officials tasked with enforcing new rules amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Club Onyx opened just after midnight Friday, claiming it’s a full-service restaurant and that strippers there were merely “entertainment.” The governor’s order allowed restaurants, retail businesses, malls and movie theaters to open at 25 percent capacity Friday.

Houston officials had a different interpretation. Police officers raided the business within an hour of it opening, saying the business did not qualify under the categories the governor laid out. The officers threatened Langan with arrest if he didn’t close. Langan was defiant for hours but ultimately agreed to shut his doors around 4 a.m.

Then the business he owns, Trumps Inc., filed a federal lawsuit alleging the raid and forced closure violated his civil rights. The suit argued that his business was a restaurant and therefore able to accept customers.

[RandySF]

1. Wow

[Midnight Writer]

2. Here Comes The Judge!

I wonder if the Judge is homesick. As in home, and sick of missing out.

[TexasTowelie]

3. Why isn't there any food or a menu in their advertisement? nt

[lapfog_1]

4. social distance lap dance?

tips using this?