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[Dai101]

On the bright side, these women are going to get a deservedly huge amount of cash over this

Besides being, you know, alive.

 

[Sojgat]

Oh, the footage is missing?

I'm fucking shocked.

 

[tkscz]

Seriously, who doesn't like girls kissing? Even a majority of straight men love seeing that. You have to be like CRAZY homophobic in order to be bothered by HLA.

Meh, it's whatever to me. Not a turn on, but not disgusted either. Love who you love and all that.

OT: Whether they assaulted him or not, dude was being an asshole. From the articles posted through out the thread, dude made it sound like they were going to third base or something. He should've just went about his business and not bother them. Their arrest was bullshit.

 

[Byakuya769]

In fact they could have completely defused this situation if they started kissing the officer instead of each other.

Just stating the facts.

Hahahahah.

 

[Carl]

Everyone who kisses in public should be arrested

 

[GK86]

Bump for an update.

Honolulu has agreed to pay $80,000 to settle a lawsuit from two gay women who allege a police officer wrongfully arrested them after seeing them kissing in a grocery store.

 

[Fat4all]

Bump for an update.

well wadda you know

 

[Septimus Prime]

The settlement dismisses Harrison from the lawsuit and isn’t an admission of any wrongdoing, Winter said.

Of course.

 

[Resilient]

wow. Great update. Yeah that failure to admit guilt sucks. But they (police) know they fucked up and they (victims) got paid. It's a step in the right direction for cases like these and sets a precedent.

 

[Septimus Prime]

wow. Great update. Yeah that failure to admit guilt sucks. But they (police) know they fucked up and they (victims) got paid. It's a step in the right direction for cases like these and sets a precedent.

Does it? There's no admission of wrongdoing, so there really is no legal precedent here.

 

[May16]

WHEW glad the good officer is protecting us from dangers such as people kissing each other!

Opens the streets and makes life easier for us car thieves. I just don't want the distraction while I'm trying to hotwire someone's ride, you know?

 

[Volimar]

$80,000 isn't that much for that kind of humiliation, especially with no admission of guilt. But good on them I suppose.

 

[A Link to the Past]

Does it? There's no admission of wrongdoing, so there really is no legal precedent here.

Yeah, I'd almost say it is a setback if the officer is not ultimately charged with a crime. It communicates that it isn't that big a deal to assault LGBT people.

 

[Stinkles]

Everyone worries about institutional problems as they should, but it's good to remember that individuals can do disproportionate harm:

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-seattle-pot-cop-20140731-story.html

 

[Darryl]

$80,000 isn't that much for that kind of humiliation, especially with no admission of guilt. But good on them I suppose.

yea they got low balled hard. must have been strapped for cash

 

[andythinkpad]

This thread would have made a great US/Saudi thread title.

 

[Aztechnology]

The girls soon, what a dumbass.

Edit: only $80,000 What?

 

[DiipuSurotu]

So $40,000 each, minus the attorney fees.

 

[JadedWriter]

Hawaiian cops be like

Not enough money from that settlement though.

 

[foxuzamaki]

You know I don't know if Hawaii is left leaning or right leaning, if I had to go off of my instincts then Hawaii should be pretty blue