El Paso gay activists want new police training
Associated Press
Gay rights advocates in El Paso want the city to revamp its police force’s training for dealing with the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities.
The request made during Tuesday’s City Council meeting comes about a week after five gay men were asked to leave a popular taco shop after two of them kissed.
The group called local police and left the shop after a police officer told them they could be arrested for engaging in homosexual behavior. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the state ban on such behavior in 2003 in the case of Lawrence vs. Texas.
None of the five were arrested and no injuries were reported in the incident.



