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Jail Bait for Gay Bashers
Police in Dublin, Ireland, have launched a program to arrest gay bashers in city parks, and they're doing it by going undercover in gay cruising areas in the guise of 'Muscle Marys' (as they're apparently called in Ireland). Dubbed the 'Pink Patrol,' the muscly men wear skin-tight jeans and T-shirts and use 'the walk' to signal their intentions, and wait to be attacked by thugs. Gay.com (Oct. 11, 2006) reports that the patrol made 14 arrests in just three months. Whether the program could work in the United States is an intriguing question; it certainly gives new meaning to the concept of 'entrapment.' One can imagine a defendant's line in court: 'But look how they were dressed, judge; they were just asking to get beat up!'

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By Richard Schneider Jr., reprinted from the Gay & Lesbian Review (Jan./Feb. 2007); www.glreview.com.

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