In dismissing the case, the judge ruled that Long Beach police used discriminatory tactics against gay men in its lewd conduct sting operations at public bathrooms across the city, which violated the equal protection clause of both the California Constitution and U.S. Moroney, Haubert supported charging the defendant with indecent exposure, meaning that if he was found guilty, he would have been required to register for life on the state’s sex offender list.ĭoug Haubert is on the ballot for the June 7 primary, seeking another term as city prosecutor. In his ruling, the judge said the only way Haubert could justify the police tactics and prosecute the case was “in the rhetoric of homophobia that seeks to portray homosexual men as sexual deviants and pedophiles.”
