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To: ClaireSolt
Did you know that there is absolutely nothing wrong with circumstantial evidence? Did you know that MOST convictions gained at trial in this country are the result of circumstantial evidence?

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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.

Airport police previously had made numerous arrests in the men’s restroom of the Northstar Crossing in the Lindbergh Terminal in connection with sexual activity.

Karsnia entered the bathroom at noon that day and about 13 minutes after taking a seat in a stall, he stated he could see “an older white male with grey hair standing outside my stall.”

The man, who lingered in front of the stall for two minutes, was later identified as Craig.

“I could see Craig look through the crack in the door from his position. Craig would look down at his hands, ‘fidget’ with his fingers, and then look through the crack into my stall again. Craig would repeat this cycle for about two minutes,” the report states. Craig then entered the stall next to Karsnia’s and placed his roller bag against the front of the stall door.

“My experience has shown that individuals engaging in lewd conduct use their bags to block the view from the front of their stall,” Karsnia stated in his report. “From my seated position, I could observe the shoes and ankles of Craig seated to the left of me.”

Craig was wearing dress pants with black dress shoes.

“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 moves 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. I could hear several unknown persons in the restroom that appeared to use the restroom for its intended use. 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.

Craig then proceeded to swipe his hand under the stall divider several times, and Karsnia noted in his report that “I could ... see Craig had a gold ring on his ring finger as his hand was on my side of the stall divider.”

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.”

It is also interesting to note, as freeper 'Bonaparte' pointed out on another thread:

The Senator walked all the way over from another terminal to go to this particular crowded bathroom and wait an astounding 13 minutes until the stall he wanted became vacant. If this is true, why would the (62-year-old) Senator hold back the rushing tide of necessity when he could just as easily have used any of the bathroom facilities in the terminal where his flight was? If all this is true, there must have been something mighty special about that one particular (crowded) bathroom. The airport police certainly thought there was something special about it, so it wouldn’t be surprising that others, such as the Senator, found it special as well."

Larry Craig is a sick man, a homosexual pervert who actively seeks anonymous sex in filthy public restrooms. The circumstantial evidence is overwhelming. The guy PLED GUILTY!

After failing to intimidate the arresting officer with his senatorial status, he did not retain legal counsel, he let it be known that he would not put up a court fight and gave every indication that he just wanted the matter over with -- quickly, cleanly and above all, quietly.

By dropping the more serious charge, the prosecutor's office made it very easy for Craig to follow through with his plea arrangement, paying the $575 fine and accepting the one year unsupervised probation in lieu of $1,000 fine and one year of incarceration.

More than two months later, when the Roll Call whistle blew, Craig had still not informed his wife, his lawyer, his colleagues or his staff of any of this.

65 posted on 09/04/2007 7:58:18 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard

I do not believe that you were assigned to be the judge in this case, were you? The judge rendered his verdict and handed out the punishment. So, where do you and the media come in demanding your pounds of flesh? Jesus said to people like you, “Let ye among you who is without sin, cast the first stone.” I guess that is not in your Bible.


72 posted on 09/04/2007 8:05:56 PM PDT by ClaireSolt (Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
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