Asking someone if they want to screw shouldn't be an indictable offense, whether it happens in a bathroom or a singles bar. If the cop had caught Craig in a state of undress or actually performing a sexual act with someone in a public place, I'd have no problem with him being arrested.
So if he asks the cop to have sex with him in the bathroom the cop should just say "no" and there is no crime. I'm torn. He WAS attempting to screw in the bathroom which is decidedly lewd -- do the police commonly save people from committing their particular crimes?
He wasn't arrested for trying to have homosexual sex, he was arrested for trying to have sex in public.
He wasn't arrested for trying to have homosexual sex, he was arrested for trying to have sex in public.
but was he definitively asking to have sex at right that moment? or was it possible he was propositioning the guy to take him back to his place? (note: i haven't heard this particular story. the guy may have expressly stated "do you want to have sex with me in this bathroom right now?")
Just listened to the SJR interview, and yeah -- would it have killed her to read even just the title chapter?
In other sorts of stings, don't people have to actually possess drugs or accept money or do something tangible that's illegal rather than voice an intent?
Sadly, escaping Fregie seems to be impossible if you listen to the radio in this part of the country. I mean, I liked that "Big Girls Don't Cry" song the first 50 times I heard it, but then on the second day it got old.
but was he definitively asking to have sex at right that moment? or was it possible he was propositioning the guy to take him back to his place? (note: i haven't heard this particular story. the guy may have expressly stated "do you want to have sex with me in this bathroom right now?")
It WAS an airport bathroom... but I suppose an argument could be made for either.
The argument he's going with, humorously, is "I was reaching for toilet paper I had dropped".
From reading the officer's statement (PDF) it seems like Craig was using the "let's go right now" code.
At 1215 hours the male in the stall to the left of me flushed the toilet and exited the stall. Craig entered ths tall and placed his roller bag against the front of the stall door. My experience has shown that individuals engaging in lewd conduct use their bags to block the view from the front of their stall. From my seated position I could observe the shoes and ankles of Craig seated to the left of me. He was wearing dress pants with black dress shoes. At 1215 hours, Craig tapped his right foot. I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to enegage in lewd conduct.
I am having a monster stupid morning so far. I managed to faint while getting ready for work so I'm now sporting a bandaged knee and a bandaged ankle and my back feels funny.
This is, of course, on top of a continued headache.
I mean, I liked that "Big Girls Don't Cry" song the first 50 times I heard it, but then on the second day it got old.
And it doesn't even have any spelling in it! I rely on Fergie's songs to provide a spelling lesson.
Happy Birthday Casper!
Theo! School! So exciting!
Yay for sarameg's new job!
It sounds a little like Fergie, actually, though I'm pretty sure my lunch is not Fergilicious.
But does it want no drama?
From what I can find in news reports, the cop was sitting in one stall, and Craig "gazed" through the crack of the stall for a couple of minutes. Then he entered the stall next to the cop's, put his roller case inside the stall (to ostensibly cover the crack in his stall door), and started tapping his foot (which is supposed to signal some kind of desire for sexual intercourse). The cop tapped his foot back, and Craig put his foot across the divider into the cop's stall and rubbed the cop's foot with it. Then Craig put his hand underneath the divider. At that point the cop busted him.
I really don't see a case there, and I don't understand why he pled guilty.
