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Sodomite Dream Team in Blue
Report for January
17, 2004
This story comes off of the Southern Poverty Law
Center web site. SPEC makes a lot of money by convincing people that the
Word of God--and those who adhere to it--are a clear and ever present
danger. Here is the wave of the future. The Washington, D.C. police force
has put together an all-sodomite police unit in order to insure that
sodomites feel comfortable reporting so-called hate crimes, real and
imagined. But of course, the boys/girls/others in blue will be fair and
impartial when their partners in sexual crime accuse Christians. The head
of the team is euphoric to see a 600% increase in hate crimes. No, wait--I
guess it is a 600% increase in "reported" hate crimes. If they
can double that statistic each year, eventually they can charge every
"straight" person in D.C. with a hate crime; and maybe they will
all turn to sodomy to remain above suspicion. Please note how Sergeant
Parson has been training the rest of the D.C. police force. Those who
object to having his groin shoved into their face undergo counseling to
get to the root of their problem and root it out. I bet Sergeant Parson
goes home every night thinking how much he loves his job. He's even got
some of his "straight" officer friends slapping their kids
around for being homophobic. Is that a hate crime? No, no, stupid, when
police officers hit people whom the sodomites want them to hit, that's
education.
On the Streets
In Washington, D.C., police now take crime against sexual minorities
seriously. A seasoned street cop explains how and why.
Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Report, Winter 2003
http://www.splcenter.org/Intel/Intel report/article.jsp?aid=150
When Metropolitan Police Sgt. Brett Parson arrives for an interview in a
local coffee shop, he's already been up for 18 hours . . .
This is a fairly typical day for Parson, who heads up the Washington,
D.C., department's acclaimed Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLUE), which
was created in June 2000 and is composed of openly gay and lesbian members
of the department and their allies. Members of GLUE assist in criminal
investigations, but they also reach out to communities of sexual
minorities.
Although much distrust still remains between police officers and gays,
lesbians and transgendered people, Parson's unit has made great strides in
improving this often charged relationship.
Parson himself is gay. . . .
IRE: So now, two years into the effort, how many hate crimes did the
District report in 2002?
PARSON: We just reported 17. It's up well over 600% since 1998. That's
good. It's a sign that we're slowly building the trust that we need to
have with this community and that we're educating our officers to the
point where they're actually reporting these things.
IRE: Transgendered people say that it's more dangerous in Washington for
them than even for gays and lesbians. Do you agree?
PARSON: Perception is 90% of everything. If they perceive that it's
dangerous, then it's dangerous.
Of course, the transgender community is not just one kind of individual.
You have everything from transsexuals to transvestites to drag queens to
drag kings to commercial street sex workers. Then you have folks who
completely assimilate into the community and pass.
There's no doubt that members of the transgender community in Washington,
D.C., who are people of color are being victimized at a much higher rate
than those who are not people of color.
IRE: Some would say they're putting themselves at risk - especially those
involved in prostitution.
PARSON: I don't know if that's fair. Would we do that with victims of car
theft? With victims of burglary? Do we say, "Hey, you shouldn't have
moved into that neighborhood?"
I don't entertain that. I think it's disrespectful to the victims.
The fact is, whether they're engaged in legal or illegal activities,
they're being victimized at a higher rate than other people. When we're
talking about commercial street sex, I understand why they're doing it,
though I can't really empathize, because I'm just a dopey white guy.
What do I know from being transgender and kicked out of the house and
trying to get medication and hormones and training and education? I've got
it great compared to them. When they tell me they're forced to go on the
streets, which puts them in a position to be victimized, who am I to
question?
Whether you're a prostitute, a bus driver, a retired U.S. Capitol police
officer - all of whom I know as transgendered people - you don't deserve
to be the victim of a crime. . . .
IRE: How do you broach these subjects with other officers?
PARSON: First, I understand how cops deal with stress. They have to laugh.
Either that, or they beat people up, or they smoke, or they drink, or they
do other things that are bad for them. I prefer laughter.
So I try and approach these subjects that way. But trust me, it's
uncomfortable. I'll stand in front of the biggest, butchest guy in the
room, as straight as he can be, and I get in his space. I crowd him, put
my groin in his face - he's sitting down, I'm standing up - and say,
"Hey, big boy, how does it feel?"
We talk about his reaction. We talk about his discomfort. We talk about
professionalism. We talk about, "If I were a woman and did that to
you in a bar, how would you react? You'd be getting my phone number. Why
is it different now? Why does that challenge your being?"
We talk about why there's anger. For some, there's sadness, because they
have family members dealing with being gay or transgendered. For others,
it's an epiphany: "I've never thought about it like that!"
I do this exercise where I go around the room and call people names:
You're a "nigger," you're a "spic," you're a
"chink," every name I can think of. And people react. Oh, do
people react!
And I stop and say, "Okay, what do you feel about me right now? If
you as a police officer heard these words directed at a co-worker, or
somebody on the street, would you react? Of course, you'd do something.
But how many times have you heard the word 'faggot' come out of somebody's
mouth and didn't have the same feeling?"
Most people admit, all the time. So I say, "Okay, how's that word
different? Why doesn't it deserve the same stigma? What's behind
that?"
I've had some people afterwards say, "Next time my kid says, 'That's
so gay,' I'm giving them a hand upside the head. I'd never thought about
this before."
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