04/25/2008
Birmingham Woman Calls 911 Over Two Guys Kissing in Public
Tonight on ABC's 20/20, they're doing another segment of "What Would You Do?"
I love this series. It's an ongoing ethical candid camera segment that reveals how people react in different social situations. Tonights show (at 10pm EST) is about how folks on "Main Street USA" react to the sight of gay PDA. They did the experiment in two locations — Verona, NJ, and Birmingham, AL.
One woman in Birmingham, Alabama apparently called 911 when she saw the two guys kissing:
Operator: "Birmingham Police operator 9283"
Caller: "We have a couple of men sitting out on the bench that have been kissing and drooling all over each other for the past hour or so. It's not against the law, right?"
Operator: "Not to the best of my knowledge it's not."
Caller: "So there's no complaint I could make or have?"
Operator: "I imagine you could complain if you like ma'am. We can always send an officer down there."
According to ABC, "They did. One of Birmingham's finest came to Five-Points and spoke with Kaolin and James. Though city officials and the police department signed off on ABC's social experiment, this officer was somehow not in the loop. The officer told our couple that the police dispatch received a call because the two of them were making out."
AFTER THE JUMP, a segment they did on domestic violence between interracial couples.
Posted 5:22 PM EST by Andy Towle in Kiss, News, Television | Permalink
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My first thought was why a trained dispatcher didn't terrminate the call after stating that public displays of affection aren't a violation of law. It brings to mind the woman who called 911 to get/leave a phone number on an attractive cop. They dispatched an officer who then arrested the woman for misuse of 911. That should have happened in this case.
Posted by: Grego | Apr 29, 2008 2:00:00 PM