Man in a dress? Must be a shooter! (Earth, virgin)

[Jaymes]

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a.../70417015/1005

Classes at Cranbrook went on as normal this morning after a brief lockdown, triggered by an allegation of a man wearing women’s clothing on the Bloomfield Hills campus.
A mother who was dropping off a student in the parking lot told authorities that she saw a 6-foot-tall man wearing a blonde wig, high heels, a skirt and a black coat.


“She thought it was kind of strange, so she called police,” said Bloomfield Hills Detective Lt. Paul J. Myszenski.

Classrooms were locked for about an hour and a half while police searched the campus. They found nothing suspicious.

“In the wake of what happened yesterday in Virginia, it’s better to be safe than sorry. It’s better to call us than have an oh, whoops,” Myszenski said.

. . .

When asked whether the alleged incident is illegal, Myszenski said no, but, “If you’re a man, you don’t hang around a school dressd as a woman."

I've talked to a student that goes there... this isn't a closed campus. Several buildings are open to the public, and it's not unusual to see all types of people walking around there.

Was this justified? Was it transphobic? Was it justified even if it was transphobic?

Would you call the police if you saw someone you thought was a woman dressed as a man on a college campus? A man dressed as a woman? Someone whose gender you couldn't determine?

Why on earth wouldn't a man have any business being at a school dressed as a woman? Does the right to dress as you please somehow disappear when there's a high level of paranoia?

Any other thoughts on this?

[Ciscokid]

Originally Posted by Jaymes

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a.../70417015/1005


I've talked to a student that goes there... this isn't a closed campus. Several buildings are open to the public, and it's not unusual to see all types of people walking around there.

Was this justified? Was it transphobic? Was it justified even if it was transphobic?

Would you call the police if you saw someone you thought was a woman dressed as a man on a college campus? A man dressed as a woman? Someone whose gender you couldn't determine?

Why on earth wouldn't a man have any business being at a school dressed as a woman? Does the right to dress as you please somehow disappear when there's a high level of paranoia?

Any other thoughts on this?

I think it was justified and no it wasn't transphobic. If I drop my kid off at school and I saw a man dressed in drag you better bet I'd be calling someone.

I would think it's probably not against the law for the man to dress as a woman...but what moron would do so and expect people to not be alarmed......WHEN HE'S TROTTING ON A SCHOOL YARD!!!!!

[darkpenguin]

Originally Posted by Ciscokid

I think it was justified and no it wasn't transphobic. If I drop my kid off at school and I saw a man dressed in drag you better bet I'd be calling someone.

I would think it's probably not against the law for the man to dress as a woman...but what moron would do so and expect people to not be alarmed......WHEN HE'S TROTTING ON A SCHOOL YARD!!!!!

You're not kidding are you?

[CaptainXeroid]

People have bee second guessing the response in Blacksburg...'Why didn't the police act sooner?' In this case, they got a call so, they acted out of an abundance of caution, and they are being second guessed again.

The only conclusion that can fairly be drawn is that hindsight is 20/20.

[Ciscokid]

Originally Posted by darkpenguin

You're not kidding are you?

No I'm not. What's so hard to understand about what I said? I think the woman did what she felt was the right thing to do considering the circumstances.

[Mister_T]

I think it depends. If this guy was hanging around on a school campus as oppose to using the sidewalk next to the campus, then I would say there is a cause for alarm. But that is regardless of what he's dressed like.

[jamaesi]

Today I saw a woman wearing pants and a shirt that that she could have only gotten off of a men's rack at the clothing store. PANTS! On a college campus! I repressed the urge to immediately call the police but I guess that I should have reported this abomination in the name of civic duty. Better safe than sorry.

[Halcyon]

Originally Posted by Ciscokid

I think it was justified and no it wasn't transphobic. If I drop my kid off at school and I saw a man dressed in drag you better bet I'd be calling someone.

I would think it's probably not against the law for the man to dress as a woman...but what moron would do so and expect people to not be alarmed......WHEN HE'S TROTTING ON A SCHOOL YARD!!!!!

Seriously, someone wearing clothes would freak you out so much as to call the police?

Jebus, he had about his person a piece of fabric, not an AK-47!

[kiwimac]

I understand the heightened sense of caution people must be feeling but it is not illegal, AFAIK, to wear women's clothing on a school campus EVEN if you're a man.