The ABQ police have made this over-the-top style all too typical. Not long ago, a particularly notorious boothstore was shut down with everyone on the premises (clerk, security guard, patrons) all charged with prostitution -- because the $3 token charge was considered payment for sex.

Of course, the same aggressive allocation of resources does not extend to the murder of gay men in ABQ, as the utter neglect of the now cold case of Carlos Esquibel's vicious murder last October demonstrates.

Rant. Grr.

APD has been frequently harassing gay establishments for a while now (the "raids" on a few local gay bars recently), as well as drivers. I've had a few incidents with APD, along with my roommate, for the past couple of months for unexplained reasons. This harassment should be looked into, but no one wants to do it, on a city level.