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July 29, 2013

Baton Rouge Police Target, Arrest Gay Men for Consensual Sex 
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Police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, are facing controversy for running a
sting campaign that targets and detains homosexual men for agreeing to
consensual gay sex. Under the operation, undercover Baton Rouge police
find men willing to have sex and then arrest them for "crimes against
nature." The Baton Rouge Advocate reports at least a dozen arrests have
been made since 2011. The men are being targeted even though the Supreme
Court struck down the state's anti-sodomy law a decade ago and
prosecutors never bring charges.

 

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