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   From: jtownsle@butler.edu   
      
   When Will Walters’ selective enforcement lawsuit against the San   
   Diego Police was first publicized in March 2012, it was met with   
   head-scratching jocularity. After all, he was the first person   
   arrested for violating a municipal public nudity code by wearing   
   a gladiator kilt outfit to the San Diego Pride festival. Photos   
   of Sasha Baron Cohen’s straight Borat character in a neon thong   
   often accompanied the stories.   
      
   But the incident was no joke to Walters, who received   
   compliments—not complaints—while walking the parade route and   
   upon entering the festival. He was surprised when Special Events   
   Police Team Lt. David Nieslit said his outfit was “borderline”   
   legal. After Walters refused to sign a citation—which he was not   
   allowed to read first—he was arrested and driven to jail, where   
   he sat handcuffed in a closed car in the suffocating heat. Later   
   he was placed in a single cell near check-in, where he was   
   subject to ridicule and harassment. He was not given a blanket   
   nor food nor water for 12 hours before his release on bond.   
      
   Walters, represented by former city attorney Christopher Morris,   
   subsequently filed a federal lawsuit against the city, Nieslit   
   and others, saying his civil rights were violated by the   
   police’s selective enforcement arrest and his ill treatment.   
   During a deposition, Nieslit “admitted to revising the nudity   
   policy in an effort to bring the Pride Event into ‘compliance   
   with the municipal code,’” though only his police team and a few   
   Pride officials were aware of the change.   
      
   Morris presented evidence of events policed by Nieslet and his   
   team such as Mardi Gras, Comic-Con and the Over the Line   
   Tournament, where women wearing tiny thong bikinis are   
   commonplace.   
      
   But in June 2013, a District Court judge granted a summary   
   judgment dismissing the case. Morris has appealed to the 9th   
   Circuit, arguing that Walters deserves a jury trial and asking   
   if Nieslet’s policy was “adopted with an intent to discriminate   
   against homosexuals” in violation of the Equal Protection Clause   
   of the Constitution.   
      
   A hearing is scheduled for Friday, March 11 at 9 a.m. in the   
   courthouse at 125 S. Grand Avenue in Pasadena (case number 14-   
   55495). San Diego police are expected to show up to support   
   Nieslet. Any LGBT people who want to attend to support Walters   
   are asked to RSVP at FreeWillUSA.com to reserve seats as his   
   guest.   
      
   Here are long excerpts from an extensive interview with Walters   
   and Morris—suggesting that there may be a “God Squad ” in SDPD.   
   It turns out the policy change was specifically ordered by   
   Nieslit, a conservative Christian, now the Captain in charge of   
   Homicide who explained to the media how the recent police   
   shooting of gay Joshua Sisson was justified. What’s so   
   frightening is that what transpired during an otherwise purely   
   normal Pride day celebration could happen to any LGBT person who   
   might wear a gladiator-style kilt with twelve inch square   
   leather flaps front and back over a thong.   
      
   Walters’ story is so absurdly inexplicable, it must be read to   
   be believed:   
      
   Click there if you want to continue reading bullshit.   
      
   https://www.frontiersmedia.com/frontiers-blog/2016/02/09/san-   
   diego-gay-civil-rights-appeal-gets-9th-circuit-hearing-over-butt-   
   covering/   
      
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