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Rest Stop Cruisers
#7577386 - 10/30/07 03:52 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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This is too good. There was recently a rest stop sting near me where they got 20 guys on various activities from forceful touching (the priest) to loitering and tresspass (most of them). http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071030/NEWS02/310300004
I had heard about it on the radio so I googled Bedford rest stop and found the article. OK, no biggie, nothing really unusual here, dog bites man type thing. But then I got to the bottom of the google page and found this: http://www.sodomylaws.org/usa/massachusetts/manews03.htm
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BOSTON – Attorneys for a state mental health coordinator from Cape Cod yesterday asked a judge to order state troopers to stop harassing the gay state employee when he cruises for sex at local rest areas.
The man is suing the Massachusetts State Police over his access to rest areas on Route 6 in Sandwich and I-195 in Wareham.
Known only as John Doe in court papers, he contends that Trooper Shawn Walsh is violating his constitutional rights by intimidating and threatening him when he stops at the rest areas.
"Mr. Doe seeks a court order to enjoin Walsh ... from continuing to roust him from public space when they have no reason to believe he committed a crime or is about to commit a crime," Mary Bonauto, a lawyer for the man, told a judge in Middlesex Superior Court.
He was convicted of misdemeanor lewd and lascivious behavior in Feb. 1998 in Wareham District Court after having sex with another man in the woods adjacent to a Wareham rest area. He was fined $125 and placed on probation for a year.
Since his conviction in 1998, the man alleges, Trooper Walsh has ordered him to leave a rest area on the westbound side of Route 6 in Sandwich between Exits 2 and 3. The man charges that it is not a crime to go to rest areas and meet other men for social or sexual purposes.
Following a court hearing that was mostly closed to the media, Bonauto said there is an agreement with Walsh’s attorney that people can use rest areas as long as they don’t break the law. "We’re trying to work out how to educate state police personnel about the law," she said.
In his lawsuit, the man said that after his 1998 arrest, he stopped engaging in sexual activities in rest areas. But he said he still enjoys stopping at rest areas to make calls on his cell phone and occasionally meet another man for sex that occurs at a later time at a personal residence.
Yeah, sure. I laughed my ass off when I saw this.
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Re: Rest Stop Cruisers [Re: zappaisgod]
#7577552 - 10/30/07 04:40 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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"With the exception of the priest, all of those charged are married, police said....
Damn
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zappaisgod
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You might want to give that Massachusetts guy a call. I bet he's single.
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Re: Rest Stop Cruisers [Re: zappaisgod]
#7577888 - 10/30/07 06:20 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I always thought it was sort of a silly cliche, but are rest stops really that fucking seedy?
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Re: Rest Stop Cruisers [Re: zappaisgod]
#7577937 - 10/30/07 06:32 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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> Known only as John Doe in court papers, he contends that Trooper Shawn Walsh
Why is it that one side gets to remain safely anonymous while the other side gets their name printed. This kind of prejudice in the court system is wrong, though I am usually griping about it in rape trials. Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty or equal in the eyes of the court.
> Following a court hearing that was mostly closed to the media
Eh? I though the Constitution said something like "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial". Time to read that thing again... guess they changed something else.
Finally, does anybody else find it a bit abnormal that a state mental health coordinator is cruising rest areas for gay sex (or any kind of sex for that matter)?
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Re: Rest Stop Cruisers [Re: Seuss]
#7577957 - 10/30/07 06:37 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Social scientist. Doesn't surprise me at all.
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Re: Rest Stop Cruisers [Re: Seuss]
#7577966 - 10/30/07 06:39 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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And oh yeah, it wasn't a criminal trial, John Doe was suing the state.
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Re: Rest Stop Cruisers [Re: zappaisgod]
#7578439 - 10/30/07 09:13 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I can see them citing him for having sex in the woods behind the rest stop, I'm sure that's some kind of crime.
But I really dont see how its against the law to pick up a guy at a rest stop. As long as he isn't fucking the guy in view of anyone else, how is that illegal?
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it's a crime against jesus, duh.
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Re: Rest Stop Cruisers [Re: afoaf]
#7579504 - 10/31/07 06:14 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Maybe John Doe is another republican senator. hehehehehehe
Senator, Catholic priest, guest star on "To Catch a Predator"
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Re: Rest Stop Cruisers [Re: zappaisgod]
#7579691 - 10/31/07 08:01 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hahaha, that's the exit we take to go to my girlfriend's house on the weekends. I'll be sure to keep an eye out.
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Re: Rest Stop Cruisers [Re: zappaisgod]
#7579753 - 10/31/07 08:23 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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zappaisgod said: You might want to give that Massachusetts guy a call. I bet he's single.
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OneLessForeskin said: Hahaha, that's the exit we take to go to my girlfriend's house on the weekends. I'll be sure to keep an eye out.
You got a pretty fancy girlfriend. Take it from me, the rich ones are the best of all.
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Re: Rest Stop Cruisers [Re: zappaisgod]
#7585746 - 11/01/07 09:41 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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was larry craig seen there?
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