Re: Republican Senator pleads guilty to lewd conduct in a men\'s room
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“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.”
This results in charges of disorderly conduct???
Ok sure. I'm not defending Craig or anything but just wondering what would have been the reaction to those that blasted Craig if this happened to a Democrat. Would you be ok with charges of disorderly conduct for this?
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I don't know. This sounds like one of those "have to know the industry" to know the subtext. I will go on record saying that I don't know the industry. It would be similar to how some people are picked up for prostitution charges without being totally explicit in their demands, so to speak.
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I'm not defending Craig or anything but just wondering what would have been the reaction to those that blasted Craig if this happened to a Democrat.
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My reaction would be the same "why the hell did this idiot plead guilty to this..."
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