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Originally Posted by Robbie
Agree 100%. So how about this...if somebody goes to the restroom and decides to report what they think is going on behind a stall (possibly some guy sucking another guys cock under the stall) THEN have the security at the store come in and nail them.
But this bullshit of "sting" operations in a mens room is NOT what the police are supposed to do is it? And is it what the govt. is supposed to be involved in and spending tax money on?
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It's hard to say without all the details I think.
I highly doubt police are running through every public bathroom in america looking for problems y'know? They surely had information that this was a cruising spot, or did receive complaints that they had to act on.
I know for a fact that if I call the police right now in Toronto and say there's 15 aliens having an orgy and shooting jelly beans at cars out of their noses on the corner, they're legally obligated to at least drive by that location and make sure nothing is happening. This sort of law is important, because otherwise you'd be leaving it all up the dispatchers to decide what's real and not, based on their own opinions.
So IF this bathroom was a problem spot, how were the police supposed to best apprehend those responsible? If they go in full uniform and squad car, they'll likely deter the crime from occurring before it starts. Also they'll limit their window of opportunity to the moment they walk through the doors. Next, this guy asked another guy to touch him. He wouldn't have asked a uniformed police officer, and then it's a game of harassment as he "wasn't doing anything wrong" and how can you prove he was masturbating... He's supposed to have his pants down in a bathroom stall.
So is it the police's job to respond to complaints? Yes. Is it a good use of taxpayer money? Sure. I think they used their best tool for the job in this case, and caught this guy doing the most wrong by doing so.
Consider this.. Why do gay guys choose public bathrooms for this sort of thing? Couldn't they meet in the bathroom, talk it out and hit up a hotel room? Nothing illegal about that. They do it to AVOID the police most likely, because they can claim they were just taking a shit. They're covering their ass in a sense, and only leaving themselves open to trickery. And thus, the police resort to trickery.
I hear where you're coming from Robbie, but consider the police's options. I'm pretty certain they weren't just waiting in a random bathroom hoping for some guy to ask them for a dick massage. I mean I'm nearly 30 years old and I've yet to see anything untowards in a bathroom, except for unflushed turds and pissy seats.
As for propositioning strippers... that's waaay over the line in my books. To me that would be the same as police walking through bathrooms and asking to touch ME while I take a dump... They're not stopping a crime from happening, they're encouraging one to happen.
Even when I was a kid I was always warned about public bathrooms by my parents, and surely for good reason. I'm all for keeping them safe for our kids to piss in.
Oh and.. "maybe the taxpayers would appreciate FIRING their sorry asses and saving some money." ... since when do taxpayers have a say about anything these days? You get one vote, for two bad options, every 4 years. Choose carefully? :P