‘Harassment’? Pro-LGBT pols blast police sting that caught pedophile masturbating in public park
NDP politician Cheri DiNovo has sent an open letter to Ontario’s attorney general condemning a community-based police action during which the police arrested a convicted pedophile who was breaching a probation order to stay away from children. A self-identified “queer woman,” DiNovo added her voice to a number of protests of Project Marie, a six-week sting operation at a west-end Toronto park that police report resulted in 89 charges, including 71 charges of indecent exposure and engaging in sexual activity and one criminal charge, against 76 men and two women. Cheri DiNovo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) In her open letter , the MPP for Parkdale-High Park accused police of “trying to lure gay men and trans people to proposition them for sex.” DiNovo urged Attorney-General Yasir Navqi to “immediately order all 89 charges against these 72 individuals be dropped before more lives are ruined.” “Considering these were minor by-law infractions, this also raises many ques