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Posted on 08/27/2007 8:51:00 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
"..According to the incident report, Sgt. Dave Karsnia was working as a plainclothes officer on June 11 investigating civilian complaints regarding sexual activity in the men’s public restroom in which Craig was arrested....[snip]
[snip]...“At 1216 hours, Craig tapped his right foot. I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct. Craig tapped his toes several times and moved his foot closer to my foot. I moved my foot up and down slowly. While this was occurring, the male in the stall to my right was still present.[snip] The presence of others did not seem to deter Craig as he moved his right foot so that it touched the side of my left foot which was within my stall area,” the report states.
[snip] Karsnia then held his police identification down by the floor so that Craig could see it.
“With my left hand near the floor, I pointed towards the exit. Craig responded, ‘No!’ I again pointed towards the exit. Craig exited the stall with his roller bags without flushing the toilet. ... Craig said he would not go. I told Craig that he was under arrest, he had to go, and that I didn’t want to make a scene. Craig then left the restroom.”
In a recorded interview after his arrest, Craig “either disagreed with me or ‘didn’t recall’ the events as they happened,” the report states.
[snip]..Craig also told the arresting officer that he reached down with his right hand to pick up a piece of paper that was on the floor.
“It should be noted that there was not a piece of paper on the bathroom floor, nor did Craig pick up a piece of paper,” the arresting officer said in the report.
(Excerpt) Read more at rollcall.com ...
Craig is toast, and it’s clear from the officer’s report what he was doing. That said, it seems odd that the police can arrest someone for what Craig did. They ought to let things proceed a little farther first.
Not necessary if the accused pleads guilty.
If he did nothing wrong, why plead guilty?
Well I guess the old illegal supporter is finished.
Craig handed the plainclothes sergeant who arrested him a business card that identified him as a U.S. Senator and said, “What do you think about that?”
Craig stated “that he has a wide stance when going to the bathroom and that his foot may have touched mine,”
“I should have had the advice of counsel in resolving this matter,” he said. “In hindsight, I should not have pled guilty.
The story is filled with one-liners for late night TV.
On another note, one must remember to stay within his stall, don't listen to music as you might start tapping your feet, and don't forget to flush the toilet.
The bad thing is that Idaho should be an easy win for the GOP,
provided the GOP Senator is not some lavatory pervert. With
Gonzales resignation and this; today was good for Democrats.
I am trying to find out if this was a set up if the Dems already new Craig was that way.
BTW Sgt. Dave Karsnia who ever sets on public toilets yuck!
Cruising Republican Sen. Larry Craig Endorses Romney
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=78e_1188264220
This plus video implies they caught Craig doing something yet it is from 1982
Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho) arrested, pleads guilty to lewd conduct (plus video!)
http://www.blueoregon.com/2007/08/senator-larry-c.html
because when you are poor and powerless you don’t always have equal access to the justice system and you have to take the best deal you can get guilt or not just like that poor powerless michael vick
I am sure the grapevine outs a lot of this.
Only in the strange times we live in would someone get arrested for this. Whatever his intent, he did not actually do anything. This must be the Minority Report era of American history.
Kind of answers itself, eh?
No innocent United States Senator would plead guilty to anything related to a lewd conduct charge.
I know I ain’t ever going to be caught tapping my feet in a public restroom. I had no idea that that might be construed as making overtures to perverts.
"I think there are perverts in every occupation and profession in this country, and that includes U.S. Senators!"
The Policeman had been staking out public restrooms and knew how perverts operated and their signals. So did Craig apparently or he would not have plead guilty.
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He was obviously trying to intimidate the Police....Not a good idea.
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