Police remove woman from woman's bathroom.

[Smart_Guy]

So I ask again, what possible difference could her ID have made?

Ehhhm!

Do ID's in USA show gender?

 

[Lyndon]

Yes, Smart guy, at least in all the states I have lived in.

 

[Underhill]

What I fail to understand is this. People have been saying all over the net that they don't want these pedophiles (not saying I agree with the characterization just paraphrasing complaints) able to go in the bathroom with their daughters. Okay, but are you saying you want them in the bathrooms with your sons?

It's the silliest, most illogical thing I've ever heard being debated in the public policy forum.

 

[Smart_Guy]

Yes, Smart guy, at least in all the states I have lived in.

Then I think that's part of our answer, in regards to our ID related discussion. The other part shows up answering this question: is it against the law in USA to publicly walk without an ID, or at least in the State this event took place?

 

[Father Heathen]

*Waiting for gender equality activists and LGBT activists to scream with caps lock on the Internet*

I think anyone with a sense of ethics and integrity would rightfully be outraged by this.

 

[Revoltingest]

What I fail to understand is this. People have been saying all over the net that they don't want these pedophiles (not saying I agree with the characterization just paraphrasing complaints) able to go in the bathroom with their daughters. Okay, but are you saying you want them in the bathrooms with your sons?
It's the silliest, most illogical thing I've ever heard being debated in the public policy forum.

The cops seem more dangerous than the risk of pedophiles in public bathrooms.
It's another example of how government is increasing control over us.
You must have your "papers" with you at all times you're in public now.
Don't have'm?
You can be denied the right to use a lavatory.
Perhaps the cops would be willing to inspect the plumbing & take pix for their report?

 

[Father Heathen]

What I fail to understand is this. People have been saying all over the net that they don't want these pedophiles (not saying I agree with the characterization just paraphrasing complaints) able to go in the bathroom with their daughters. Okay, but are you saying you want them in the bathrooms with your sons?

It's the silliest, most illogical thing I've ever heard being debated in the public policy forum.

Their justifications have been very flimsy because they're not actual genuine concerns. They know they can't pass laws based on their real reasons (transphobia) so they pull from the posterior.

 

[Underhill]

The cops seem more dangerous than the risk of pedophiles in public bathrooms.
It's another example of how government is increasing control over us.
You must have your "papers" with you at all times you're in public now.
Don't have'm?
You can be denied the right to use a lavatory.
Perhaps the cops would be willing to inspect the plumbing & take pix for their report?

The root of this isn't police. It's in politics. The police are just the butt end of the problem.

 

[Revoltingest]

The root of this isn't police. It's in politics. The police are just the butt end of the problem.

It's both in my eyes.
We have bad law, & then we have cops, some of whom are bullies who don't care what the law is unless it becomes an excuse to bully, beat or rob.

 

[Faronator]

If they have nothing else to do - why not track those that HAVE committed actual sex related crimes going into public bathrooms instead of those whose private sex lives they don't agree with but have done nothing wrong?

Sheesh!

 

[Revoltingest]

If they have nothing else to do - why not track those that HAVE committed actual sex related crimes.....

It would be prohibitively expensive.
But don't suggest it.....some day, it will become practical for government to monitor our every move.
You'll be Winston to my O'Brien, eh?

 

[Underhill]

It's both in my eyes.
We have bad law, & then we have cops, some of whom are bullies who don't care what the law is unless it becomes an excuse to bully, beat or rob.

Bad cops are a problem no doubt. But this nonsense is primarily a political issue and the morons who initiated it should be tar'd and feathered.

 

[Faronator]

If they have nothing else to do - why not track those that HAVE committed actual sex related crimes going into public bathrooms instead of those whose private sex lives they don't agree with but have done nothing wrong?

Sheesh!

It would be prohibitively expensive.
But don't suggest it.....some day, it will become practical for government to monitor our every move.
You'll be Winston to my O'Brien, eh?

It's pretty expensive to pay each officer 25K-50K a year depending on the area in the US plus taxes that go to gas, equipment, etc for them to go around and stereotype people too, isn't it?

 

[Revoltingest]

If they have nothing else to do - why not track those that HAVE committed actual sex related crimes going into public bathrooms instead of those whose private sex lives they don't agree with but have done nothing wrong?
Sheesh!
It's pretty expensive to pay each officer 25K-50K a year depending on the area in the US plus taxes that go to gas, equipment, etc for them to go around and stereotype people too, isn't it?

Each cop actually costs far more than they're paid, typically at least twice as much in payroll, taxes, benefits, & sundries.
As I see it, we'd be better off with fewer better qualified cops with better supervision.
As things stand, we've too many cops who are part of the criminal problem, ie, we pay them to commit crimes.

 

[Shad]

Cops caught on video harassing lesbian inside womens’ bathroom thinking she’s a man

It has begun. This is the result of the fear mongering and scapegoating of transgender. This is a woman, no evidence that she is even transgender and no reason to think so (and I would not care even if she was). But the police felt it was their job to harass her because she did not look feminine enough. Good job guys! Protecting women from women who want to use the bathroom.

This will not be the last time this happens. If these "bathroom laws" are allowed to continue we are going to start seeing lots of videos like this. Police wasting their time policing bathrooms and harassing innocent people who just need to pee.

Based on criminal records people should fear older republicans in washrooms rather than LGTB.

 

[Revoltingest]

Based on criminal records people should fear older republicans in washrooms rather than LGTB.

Their wide stance harms no one.

 

[tytlyf]

The only people I see going into women's restrooms are conservatives "testing the system." Their media has completely fabricated a problem when none existed. RW propaganda is powerful.

 

[Smart_Guy]

Wait... liberal women don't go to restrooms?

Do they, like, hold it forever? I'm confused!

 

[SkepticThinker]

And the madness begins.

 

[George-ananda]

The issue is that a cis-gendered woman was ran out of the woman's restroom. People have become so hyper-sensitive to such things that they kick anyone that they remotely suspect out. They are so worried about a man in drag who is also a sexual predator going into the women's restroom that even women who were birth-assigned as women are evicted for not being "feminine enough." The issue is that such worries are not based in reality.

We agree that this is a mountain out of a molehill. One bathroom misadventure out of millions and millions is nothing to get very worked up over. Now, who are you venting at? Is it people that make complaints too trivially? In that case I agree again. My point in jumping into this thread was to defend the security guards or police that are being vilified for just doing their jobs after receiving a complaint.