Posted on 03/28/2005 10:30:44 AM PST by Clint N. Suhks
... D.C. police department has a Latino Liaison Unit, an Asian Liaison Unit and a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Unit, but unlike the other specialized squads, the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit deals with the half-truths and complexities of sexuality.
When Parson teaches officers at the police academy how to deal with the gay community, he starts with Gay 101. They are blue-collar, white-collar, French collar and no collar. They may withhold the whole truth from you because their lives often are shrouded in necessary fictions. They might be uncomfortable dealing with you because they have been humiliated by you in the past.
But out on the streets, as on this winter night, Parson is miles beyond Gay 101...
The small rainbow flags they wear on their uniforms are their passports inside. Once inside, they must walk a razor's edge, balancing protection and empathy with old-school, lock-'em-up law enforcement.
" 'We are here for you' is part of our message," Parson says. "But so is, 'You are under arrest.' "
"Lucy, I'm home," Parson yells as he walks through the door of the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit office. After working out of cramped desks at police headquarters, the unit recently moved into a spacious office off Dupont Circle. The boxes are still being unpacked. There are case files, uniforms, a police radio and, "Queer Eye" indeed, lamps from Ikea. There are four officers on the squad, and like the gay community itself, they are still working out their identity. When Parson wants to hang a rainbow flag outside the office, one squad member protests.
"Gay, gay, gay," Officer Joe Morquecho says. "Why does everything have to be gay?"
"Gee, I don't know, Joe," Parson says, "maybe because we're the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit?"
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Huh. I thought this was going to be about flight attendants.
Just don't drop the soap in traffic.
Sure, but there aren't any special crime problems associated with rednecks. At least, nothing different from the population at large :-)
well said,...you wouldn't mind if I repeated that from time to time,I'll do my best??
Well, the rats are close to groundhog size in certain parts of the District......
That's cuz they don't let you shoot 'em.
Hell, you can't even LEGALLY own a handgun in DC.
U COULD TRAP EM THOUGH.
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OMG. It's a real article. I thought it was from The Onion....
Comedy Central has got to come up with a show about this.
Have at it.
A good one-line summary is: "They're not interested in equal rights, they want preferential treatment."
Sheesh!!! "America Through The Looking Glass"!
Our ancestors would be ashamed and embarrassed at what this nation has become.
Homosexual Agenda Ping.
I supposed I could click the link and read the rest of the article. But I'm not in a tolerant mood.
Well, when is the Necrophilia Outreach Cop Organization going to happen? What about the Pedophile Outreach? Gangrape Community Specialists Outreach? Why are they discriminating against the Foot Fetishist Commuity? Where is the Peeping Tom and Exposers Community Outreach Cops?
Sick stuff. It is really time to turn this acceptance and worship of gross immorality around.
Let DirtyHarryY2K and me know if you want on/off this pinglist.
A load is right.
Or South Park!
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