[Vision2020] Thought Police: Re:Senator Larry Craig Challenges Guilty Plea

[Ted Moffett]

Donovan wrote:

>
> But again, I ask, was the police officer sitting on the scraper for hours
> with his pants up or down? Either way, it would seem like an odd thing to
> do, and could be seen as an invitation for people to look in and see why a
> guy is sitting in a stall with pants up/down for hours.
>
>

This question appears to my layman's perspective in understanding the law to
be a important.  If the police officer was sitting in the stall clothed,
what invasion of privacy occurred if someone gazed at him through the crack
in the door?  And even if he was not fully clothed, the officer may have
exhibited signals that he was interested in some sort of "meeting," thus
inviting someone to make "contact."  It seems logical to assume that someone
looking for an "encounter" in a restroom would not just target anyone in a
stall, but look for someone who was giving signs they were interested in
an encounter.  The officer made statements he was aware of the sorts of
signals given to indicate someone was interested in a "meeting."  We may
never know the full and truthful facts regarding these questions in this
case, given the case may never go to trial, or even if so, the facts may
remain questionable; and both Craig and the police officer may have reasons
to not fully disclose all the details of what occurred.

Ted Moffett
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