re: #274 eclectic infidel

Yes. On a similar note, I just watched Milk and it was disturbing to watch scenes where cops would bust into a bar and start bashing gays, literally.

Back to Lenny Bruce though, I remember reading one such raid on Bruce’s appearances in NYC. The cops would march in,shut down the show, and demand folk in the audience produce IDs. At one such raid, apparently one audience member refused to produce ID. Turns out that person was no other than George Carlin.

Could you imagine being transported back in time to such an environment? The old movies where they showed cops screaming halt or I’ll shoot really did happen. Gay sex crimes were easy busts for cops.