You know about Republican Sen. Larry Craig's arrest on disorderly conduct charges in a Minneapolis bathroom. Now you know he has resigned. But do you know about the cop he tried to solicit?
By Keith Naughton Newsweek Sept. 01, 2007 - A 49-year-old traveling salesman allegedly seeking sex in a Minneapolis airport bathroom in June noticed a boyish young man with short, sandy hair and an athletic build standing at a urinal. The salesman, peering over the top of his stall, motioned the young man to move to the adjoining commode. Once they were sitting side-by-side, the salesman tapped his left foot. The young man tapped back. The salesman then reached his hand under the stall divider and grabbed the young man's leg. No response. The salesman peeked over the top of the divider. Staring back at him was Sgt. Dave Karsnia and his police badge; Karsnia had just nabbed another man allegedly seeking anonymous action in a restroom known on gay Web sites as Minnesota's "cruisiest." But rather than humiliate the man with a showy arrest next to the stalls, Karsnia wrote in his police report that he quietly led him away. As the man was being released after being booked and fingerprinted, he turned to Karsnia to say: "Thank you for being respectful, sir."
Six days later, that polite police officer caught a much bigger fish: Larry Craig, the conservative Republican senator from Idaho who has been dogged by—and denying—rumors about being gay for 25 years. This time, though, the notoriously anti-gay-rights senator shot the smoking gun right into his foot. He quietly pleaded guilty earlier this summer to engaging in disorderly conduct in that same Minneapolis airport restroom on June 11 after he and Karsnia did the tap dance that's considered a universal signal for a hidden hookup. Before entering the stall, Craig stared so intently at Karsnia through the crack in Karsnia's door that the officer reported he could see the senator's "blue eyes." When Craig got inside, he tapped his foot, brushing it against the officer's, and waved his hand under the stall divider three times, according to the police report. Karsnia waved his badge back, to which the senator responded, "No!" Later, in the airport police station, Craig flashed his business card to Karsnia, saying: "What do you think about that?"
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