Toe Tapping Menace? Where's McCarthy when you need him?

[lsanderson]

America’s Toe-Tapping Menace
By LAURA M. Mac DONALD

WHAT is shocking about Senator Larry Craig’s bathroom arrest is not what he may have been doing tapping his shoe in that stall, but that Minnesotans are still paying policemen to tap back. For almost 40 years most police departments have been aware of something that still escapes the general public: men who troll for sex in public places, gay or “not gay,” are, for the most part, upstanding citizens. Arresting them costs a lot and accomplishes little. Firewall

Comments

Hmm...

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

I'm not a tearoom cruiser, but I've known lots who are, and I doubt what goes on in real life is anything like the porno version.

There's apparently some legal question about expectations of privacy in a stall with ONE person in it.

I do object to police being used at stake-outs to trap adults in morals crimes: cruising, prostitution, etc. I think there time would be much better spent working on real crimes.

You also hafta remember that men have been thrown off planes for kissing. Some people get excited very, very easily.

Re: Hmm...

[ginahelen.livejournal.com]

Ok, I understand privacy concerns. If a court rules that there's an expectation of privacy, there it is.

Prostitution should be legalized. Think of the tax revenues... and the safety measures for the workers...

That sucks about people getting thrown off planes. Some other people just need to get a clue.