Late yesterday, Fort Worth mayor Mike Moncrief clarified an apology he gave at a city council meeting over the raid of the Rainbow Lounge last month, saying he was only sorry that someone got hurt.

Fort Worth’s mayor says an apology he issued at a City Council meeting wasn’t for law enforcement’s raid on a Texas gay bar, but for the fact that a man was seriously injured.

Mayor Mike Moncrief (MAHN’-creef) made an impromptu apology during Tuesday night’s meeting where officials and residents commented on last month’s raid on the Rainbow Lounge, which left one man hospitalized with a serious head injury.

Moncrief had told the crowd: “If you want an apology from your mayor: I am sorry about what happened in Fort Worth.”

Mean while the police issued more details about the raid.

According to police records, a cruiser video showed a man arrested for public intoxication two days before the controversial raid. In a police report, officers said they saw the man leave the lounge very intoxicated earlier in the evening and told him to get a ride.

That weekend, officers returned to the lounge with TABC officers for a bar check. A police radio recording revealed that an officer called for help after they went inside the Rainbow Lounge.

“I need help in here,” he could be heard saying. “I’m by the restroom.”

That call came when officers said a customer blew a kiss at the officer, and then struggled with police as they tried to arrest him. The customer told News 8 his arm was injured.

In police records, officers also said a woman’s hips touched an officer in a sexually explicit way. The reports also said Gibson tapped an officer’s genitals.

“[It] didn’t happen,” Gibson said. “It’s a big lie.”

Argh! One steps forward, two steps back. Do politicians ever apologize?

Fort Worth mayor Mike Moncrief apologized yesterday for the raid on the Rainbow Lounge in June, which drew national media attention sparking claims of brutality and procedural violations.

About 250 people packed council chambers and another 150 watched on televisions in the hallway or overflow rooms as officials briefly discussed the June 28 joint raid by the Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission and the Fort Worth Police Department at the Rainbow Lounge, which left one man hospitalized with a serious head injury.

Moncrief told the meeting neither the TABC nor police had finished investigations into the raid, which initially had been called a routine license inspection. But the mayor said he has asked the U.S. Attorney’s Office to review the department’s findings.

Someone in the audience then called out for an apology.

“If you want an apology from the mayor of Fort Worth: I am sorry about what happened in Fort Worth,” Moncrief said, as the crowd erupted in applause and stood.

More from the city council meeting below.

Investigations by the Fort Worth Police Department and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission into the incident are still ongoing. Moncrief has asked acting U.S. Attorney James Jacks to review their findings once they have been completed.