Gay Lovers Create Central Park Stir

WINS ^ | 4/23/04 | N/A

[swilhelm73]

Two gay lovers — a man in a black dress and a boy in only a pair of shorts — protested their families' lack of understanding for their relationship by climbing a Central Park tree on Thursday, stripping, performing lewd acts in front of onlookers and refusing to come down for hours.

The lovers, ages 32 and 17, scaled the 55-foot larch tree next to the Chess and Checkers House around 4 p.m., said Detective John Sweeney, a police department spokesman.

The couple had told the boy's parents about their relationship and been rebuked, police said.

The man played on branches near the top of the tree and waved at onlookers while the boy sat quietly a few feet below him. Police said the man later performed oral sex on the boy and stripped down to a thong to taunt them.

Police were alerted to the mischief when an onlooker flagged down a bicycle officer. When Emergency Services Unit officers responded, "the two individuals began to shout obscenities to the approaching officers, threatening to push the officers down and throw branches at them in an effort to ward the officers off," police Inspector William Callahan said.

The two were in danger of falling because the tree's largest branches were only 4 inches thick and couldn't support their weight for long, said police, who set up an inflatable safety mat on the ground.

Police negotiators who went up the tree to talk the couple down gave them soft drinks and water. A crowd of about 100 onlookers stood nearby.

After about five hours, police put harnesses on the lovers and began to lure them down. The names of the lovers were not immediately released.

The couple were taken to a hospital for evaluation, and Callahan said arrests and criminal charges depended on the outcomes of those evaluations.

No one was injured in the bizarre Earth Day stunt, Callahan said.

"When I heard they were in a tree," he said, "I figured it was very fitting."

[swilhelm73]

Hmm, did anyone else notice this part of the story;

The lovers, ages 32 and 17

Anyone want to make a bet as to whether the 32 year old pedophile will be charged with pedophilia and not just some sort of public indeceny charge?

[ThinkDifferent]

protested their families' lack of understanding for their relationship by climbing a Central Park tree on Thursday, stripping, performing lewd acts in front of onlookers and refusing to come down for hours.

Now that's a surefire way to gain understanding and respect.

[ElkGroveDan]

Two gay lovers — a man in a black dress and a boy in only a pair of shorts — protested their families' lack of understanding for their relationship by climbing a Central Park tree on Thursday, stripping, performing lewd acts in front of onlookers

They're just like the rest of us, you know.

[Warlord David]

This article was posted a few days ago.

The age of consent is 16 in NY. As one of the FReepers posted it on the thread.

What do I win????????? Take care.

[ElkGroveDan]

After about five hours, police put harnesses on the lovers

I bet they loved that.

[swilhelm73]

Most states also have a charge along the lines of "corrupting a minor" for when the minor is above the age of consent and has been molested by someone dramatically older, ie a 32 and 17 year old...

I've certainly read of such charges being brought against heterosexual "corrupters" in the past.

[Viking2002]

Another display of 'acceptable', modern-day liberalism. Freaks. The cops should've shot 'em out of the tree.

[Mark was here]

...said police, who set up an inflatable safety mat on the ground.

I know the cops were trying to protect the ground, but I think the ground could of taken their impact just fine.

[lavrenti]

Yet another "Trannie in a Tree" article.

[Tench_Coxe]

"The lovers, ages 32 and 17"

Doesn't that constitute statutory rape? Oh, wait. There's the 'gay exemption' clause.

[Mike Bates]

After about five hours, police put harnesses on the lovers. . .

When the viable alternative lifestyle types see this, there'll be a flood of tree climbing, no doubt.

[Tench_Coxe]

Oh. 17 years is the cutoff age in New York.

[Salamander]

"The Larch"

[obscure Monty Python reference]...;))

[Agnes Heep]

After about five hours, police put harnesses on the lovers and began to lure them down.

The bait was a six-year-old.

[Joe Hadenuf]

The man played on branches near the top of the tree and waved at onlookers while the boy sat quietly a few feet below him. Police said the man later performed oral sex on the boy and stripped down to a thong to taunt them.

NY, fruits and nuts hang heavily in the trees.

[NCjim]

Sick.

[sheik yerbouty]

One of the two reputedly said:
"Sticks and stones
May break my bones
But whips and chains excite me"

[NYC GOP Chick]

These 2 are just *too* much!

[lavrenti]

It's gotta be the funniest story I've read in years, especially the trannie throwing the soda can back at the cops, screaming [insert Harvey Firestein/Paul Lynde voice] "I WANT VANILLA DIET PEPSI, YOU &^%$#$!".

Uh, what a town we live in.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Now I can't even look at a can (or bottle) of Diet Vanilla Pepsi without giggling!