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“Homosexuals complain that police raid the gay
bars, close them up and leave them without places to
go. This is partially correct. A raid on a gay bar is
usually in response to complaints from neighbors or
business people. We send it an investigator, find out
if the accusation is true and act accordingly.

“Some police forces resort to entrapment, that is,
eliciting an indecent proposal from one of the cus-
tomers. It is far from an admirable police method,
but a nuisance bar can be shuttered more quickly
when a morals offense is involved than by other
means.

“Again, the homosexual is not being discriminated
against. We use the same technique in shuttering
B.-girl joints, gyp joints, all kinds of places.

“When a gay bar is situated in a part of town
where it is not too obvious, where it is unlikely to be
the object of complaints and where it is handled
well, we leave it alone. The reason is logical. The
police don’t want homosexuals roaming the streets
trying to piek one another up.

“The trouble is they don’t settle for ‘one another’
but for what’s called ‘rough trade’—tough, narcotics
addicts, petty thieves and the like. They’re scum, as
ready to pull a knife as konk their victim over the
head. From % police viewpoint it’s desirable to