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"What constitutes probable cause to arrest someone? If a case like this went to trial, police officers would have to produce evidence to say here is how we can say with certainty this is was really a lewd act," he said.Ĭraig pleaded guilty to the charges and therefore opted against a trial. "But if there is evidence that a sting is motivated by anti-gay animus, that may represent a more troubling issue."Īt trial, Sanders said, police would have to prove that actions such as foot tapping were known signals for soliciting sex. "Citizens have a right not to confront lewd activity in public places," said Steve Sanders, a lawyer and gay rights activist. Griffith said that officers involved in such stings tend to be young and that anecdotal posts on his site indicate the local arrest rates increase around the time of elections or when media attention focuses on the issue.īecause much of the signaling is itself benign behavior, some gay rights activists and lawyers have admonished police departments for arresting men who have done little more than tap their feet.
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They may be meeting in public locations, but they will be as discreet as possible," Griffith said.Ĭruising areas traditionally have been those parts of town "women and children are told to avoid," but through word of mouth, bathrooms at places like Wal-Mart or Home Depot can become cruising locales, he said. The vast majority have no interest in being seen.
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They will see each other and usually decide to go someplace else. "They will usually go to the stall at the far end of the strip of toilets. "Tapping of the foot is pretty standard for men who cruise in toilets," said Keith Griffith, owner of, a Web site on which visitors post locations popular with men looking for anonymous sex. In an effort to curb lewd acts in public - or as some gays argue, in an effort to persecute gay men - undercover police began sting operations in places known for sex soliciting and employed the same codes. Over time, people familiar with cruising told, gay men began using a codified system of signals to indicate to others that they were interested in sex. Public places like men's restrooms, in airports and train stations, truck stops, university libraries and parks, have long been places where gay and bisexual men, particularly those in the closet, congregate in order to meet for anonymous sex. Craig told reporters today that he did nothing inappropriate and said his guilty plea was a mistake. Those actions led to Craig's arrest by Detective Dave Karsnia and the senator's guilty plea to a disorderly conduct charge. It's guys like this that really give truckers a bad name.Craig tapped his foot up and down and swiped his hand underneath the bathroom stall in which the undercover cop was sitting, according to the police report. It's guys like this that really give truckers a bad name. He shows no shame, no embarrassment out of the corner of my eye, I can see that he just continues to lay there, staring at me. I pull the old "quickly look in another random direction" move and start backing up as fast as I can. So as this is happening, he looks up and immediately catches my eye. I think anyone can guess what he must have been looking at on the computer screen. The bottom 60%, including what I presume was a very unimpressive central section, was obscured by his dashboard. Thankfully, all I can see is about the top 40% of the entire scene. At nighttime, when it's pitch black outside. There, in the sleeper berth, I see an obese, pale-skinned, middle-aged man with glasses, laying on his side on his bed with his head propped up on his arm, staring at a laptop computer screen. It takes my mind a moment to realize what I'm seeing, but when I finally do, I almost start gagging. Then, as I turn my head and roll down my window in preparation for the backup, I see it. Nice and easy.Īs I pull past the spot and come to a stop so I can start backing up, my tractor comes to rest in front of a parked truck with the sleeper light on. It's not that busy out here so I see 3 open spots next to each other and decide I'm going for the middle one. Anyway, I'm driving along the lane, hugging the left side as I go and scanning the aisle for my chosen spot. Grand Junction, CO in case anyone's wondering. So it's around 7:30pm and I'm pulling into a Love's parking area. Ok so I just have to get this off my chest, probably one of the grosser things I've seen out here.