Yeah, ok, but still something other than footsie or hand signals needs to be done, would you not agree? Playing footsie or making such gestures are not of themselves, illegal. So why wouldn’t nonverbal movements be required before concluding a violation has occurred?
Just my thoughts.
I don't see ANY indication a solicitation took place. Is the senator gay? I don't know. And unless someone has some "insider" information they're not disclosing neither does anyone else on this board. People can say that homosexuality is anti-Christian. They can say it's an abomination. They can say it's immoral. But they cannot say it's illegal. "IF" this took place as the officer claims (& I think that's questionable) there was no talk of a specific act or a price--therefore it would simply be an attempted hookup. Which means every man hitting on a female is guilty of the same thing. Or female/male for that matter. People are allowing personal feelings & opinions to override the fact it appears absolutely nothing illegal took place here.
if you have a certain group of people who engage in criminal behavior and they have an accepted "language" of hand signals that all involved know, wouldn't that meet the legal requirements?
like, oh i don't know, a gang? let's say gang member "A" made a hand signal to gang member "B" indicating who gang member "B" was supposed to shoot. would you bring gang member "A" up on charges as well?
in this particular case, based on the myriad of arrests and interviews conducted during previous sting operations, i'd say the lawyers have pretty much told the cops what can and cannot be held up in court and what is acceptable PC to make an arrest.