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Title: No rest(room) for the wicked
Post by: Shana A on July 11, 2008, 07:18:03 AM
Post by: Shana A on July 11, 2008, 07:18:03 AM
No rest(room) for the wicked
By Emily Anderson
Grand Junction, CO Colorado
http://www.gjfreepress.com/article/20080711/COMMUNITY_NEWS/20564338/1076&parentprofile=-1 (http://www.gjfreepress.com/article/20080711/COMMUNITY_NEWS/20564338/1076&parentprofile=-1)
GRAND JUNCTION —It's not Senate Bill 200 that makes it legal for a woman to walk into a men's bathroom or for a man to walk into a women's bathroom.
That's always been legal in Colorado, according to Mesa County District Attorney Pete Hautzinger.
It's what a person does once they're in the bathroom that could lead to an arrest.
"It's not a crime per se for a man to walk into a women's bathroom, it's only if they did something like peeping, assault, sexual assault, harassment or exposure," Hautzinger said. "If I go downstairs into the women's bathroom, I'm not committing a crime. I may be an idiot, but I'm not committing a crime."
By Emily Anderson
Grand Junction, CO Colorado
http://www.gjfreepress.com/article/20080711/COMMUNITY_NEWS/20564338/1076&parentprofile=-1 (http://www.gjfreepress.com/article/20080711/COMMUNITY_NEWS/20564338/1076&parentprofile=-1)
GRAND JUNCTION —It's not Senate Bill 200 that makes it legal for a woman to walk into a men's bathroom or for a man to walk into a women's bathroom.
That's always been legal in Colorado, according to Mesa County District Attorney Pete Hautzinger.
It's what a person does once they're in the bathroom that could lead to an arrest.
"It's not a crime per se for a man to walk into a women's bathroom, it's only if they did something like peeping, assault, sexual assault, harassment or exposure," Hautzinger said. "If I go downstairs into the women's bathroom, I'm not committing a crime. I may be an idiot, but I'm not committing a crime."