The Fort Worth Police Department acknowledged that an officer made “certain statements that were not accurate” during a viral encounter last month with a Christian street preacher outside a Pride festival, while maintaining that the citation he received stemmed from the use of a bullhorn that allegedly violated the city’s noise ordinance, not the content of the preacher’s speech.
According to the department, officers responded to a June 27 incident at Trinity Pride Fest, after nearby business owners complained that the amplified sound disrupted their operations and drove away customers…