Chronicle Reports Police Inspector’s Testimony During Trial
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Chronicle Reports Police Inspector’s Testimony During Trial
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San Francisco Chronicle, February 11, 1965, page 2.
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Repository: San Francisco Public Library
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Witness Breaks Up a Courtroom
Inspector Rudy Nieto of the Police Sex Detail got a big laugh yesterday at the trial of three lawyers and a ticket-taker who are charged with interfering with police at a January 1 homosexual benefit ball.
He said 14 officers, one policewoman and two police photographers accompanied him to the scene of the ball at California Hall, Polk street and Golden Gate.
Curious. Municipal Judge Leo Friedman asked why it took so many.
"We went," said the officer, "just to inspect the premises."
The audience, including half a dozen ministers and their wives from the Council for Religion and the Homosexual—which sponsored the ball—thought that was hilarious.
Nieto denied that police went to the ball to harass homosexuals, but dropped one other mysterious comment.
Asked why police photographers took pictures of the arriving guests, Nieto said the department "wanted pictures of these people because some of them might be connected to national security..."
Defense attorney Marshall Krause of the American Civil Liberties Union, did not pursue the point.
Inspector Rudy Nieto of the Police Sex Detail got a big laugh yesterday at the trial of three lawyers and a ticket-taker who are charged with interfering with police at a January 1 homosexual benefit ball.
He said 14 officers, one policewoman and two police photographers accompanied him to the scene of the ball at California Hall, Polk street and Golden Gate.
Curious. Municipal Judge Leo Friedman asked why it took so many.
"We went," said the officer, "just to inspect the premises."
The audience, including half a dozen ministers and their wives from the Council for Religion and the Homosexual—which sponsored the ball—thought that was hilarious.
Nieto denied that police went to the ball to harass homosexuals, but dropped one other mysterious comment.
Asked why police photographers took pictures of the arriving guests, Nieto said the department "wanted pictures of these people because some of them might be connected to national security..."
Defense attorney Marshall Krause of the American Civil Liberties Union, did not pursue the point.
Citation
“Chronicle Reports Police Inspector’s Testimony During Trial”, The Council on Religion and the Homosexual, LGBTQ Religious Archives Network, accessed May 18, 2024, https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/crh/item/1791.