British Transport Police were brutally criticized on social media after refusing to identify the gender of a sex crime suspect who flashed his junk at two teen girls, despite a photo shared by police clearly showing a man outfitted in a dress and wig.
Police in Berkshire, England, Thursday posted a photo of the purple-wigged suspect who they say “exposed their genitals to two teenagers and masturbated in a station shelter,” asking the public for help identifying the “person.”
Recognise this person?
We're investigating an incident at #Theale station and releasing CCTV images in connection.
A person exposed their genitals to two teenagers and masturbated in a station shelter.
👉 https://t.co/0RGWKw0WPc pic.twitter.com/XHo90HoenK
— BTP Berkshire (@BTPBerks) October 27, 2022
“At just before 3pm on 2 September, two teenage girls, aged 15 and 16, were sat on-board a train at the station when someone on the platform approached the train’s window,” BTP explained in a report online.
“As the train started the depart the station the person exposed their genitals to the two teenagers before making lewd hand gestures in their direction.”
“They then walked into a shelter at the station and masturbated.”
The department was roundly mocked for putting public safety at risk by refusing to correctly label the suspect, despite the fact victims would have likely reported the suspect’s gender to police.
“Does it help find criminals when you obscure important and obvious details about them?” one keen Twitter user asked.
Does it help find criminals when you obscure important and obvious details about them?
— Sam Morgan (@CrunchAlias) October 27, 2022
Yeah, the cock was a bit of a giveaway.
— Berty🍌 (@bertybollocks) October 27, 2022
Oh look, #ThisNeverHappens happening again.
Is this a:
-Sex offending man pretending to be a woman
-Sex offending man pretending to be a 'transwoman'
-Sex offending man in a skirt?— Abigail McGyn (@AbsMcFabs) October 27, 2022
Why don’t we let the sex offender describe himself however, he likes & let everybody else – including the Police – speak the truth & state the facts.
Public announcement:
“Man in skirt & purple wig exposed his genitals to two teenagers & publicly masturbated at #Theale station”
— 💚🤍💜Hoardosaurus 💚🤍💜 (@coccinellanovem) October 27, 2022
Despite your description of a "person" I think we can all accurately guess the sex of the genitals on display. Why are the police so careful about protecting deviant males?
— branwen 🏴 🏴 🇮🇸 (@branwen41677029) October 27, 2022
Well there you go, that thing that never happens happening again.
BTW- just say male. It's ridiculous to not. It's dangerous to not let the public know this is a male.
— Tutting Maud (@TuttingM) October 27, 2022
Have your sharp detective skills not enabled you to deduce that this is a man yet? Or are you just pretending not to know.
That's a bit of a worry.
— AMothAteMyGran (@AteMoth) October 27, 2022
Start with a better description if you want to catch this sex offender.
This is a white man, that rules out over half the population . What height and roughly what age would be useful. “Person” is meaningless , we know you aren’t looking for a hedgehog or elephant.
— 🐞 Bilious Bragger 🐈⬛🖤 (@Aromatica365) October 27, 2022
You know very well that exposure is a sex specific offence
& That men often target girls… Female childrenHow dare you hide the sex of the perpetrator & victims?
Know how many girls are sexually abused this way?
It is indicative offence@jameskirkup have you seen this?
— Marjorie Hutchins (@leakylike) October 27, 2022
BTP Berks,
Thank you for investigating thisThis male is a flasher, possibly an autogynephile, so a man who's aroused by wearing female attire in public. This is a known paraphilia, a deviance
If he's using as disguise, he's wearing a skirt to make it easier to expose himself
— Factseeking bec transparency is missing 💙 #FBPE (@Gathersources) October 27, 2022
You need translating:
Person: man
Their: his
Genitals: dickA purple wig and a school girl skirt do not a "their" make.
— Salagre-NuriaEnCH (@SalagreNuriaEnS) October 27, 2022
That's a man. Please say it's a man.
— Rastasaurus Problematic Woman Rex 🦖👸🏾 (@JocastaMoney) October 27, 2022
Wouldn’t you be more likely to find this male who exposed his genitals to two teenagers while masturbating if you actually described him as a male?@SuellaBraverman
— 💚🤍💜Hoardosaurus 💚🤍💜 (@coccinellanovem) October 27, 2022
No I don’t recognise that person but it might help you to know it’s definitely a man so you can rule out 51% of the population.
— Rose (@RoseWorthesee) October 27, 2022
That’s a man.
— StonewallOut/Sarah Jones 🏳️🌈 (no/penis) (@StonewallOut) October 27, 2022
Some mistake surely.
We have been told to believe that no transwomen commit crimes of a sexual nature. This tweet must be an error. Or otherwise a transphobe is operating your twitter account.
*ironic tweet*
— Read some Piaget please! (@prof_curiosity1) October 27, 2022
Hint: you're not looking for a woman.
— Helen HH (@HelenHighwatr) October 27, 2022
So, a male pedophile then.
— Philip 銘光 Siu 🇬🇧🇭🇰🇹🇼 (@siuphilip) October 27, 2022
A 6+ foot tall hunchback maIe with a purple party city wig should be pretty easy to find.
— Meladori (@Meladori3) October 27, 2022
Social media users pointed out BTP Berkshire has recently declared their commitment to “tackling hate crime” against the trans community.
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— BTP Berkshire (@BTPBerks) September 3, 2022
BTP Berkshire’s tweet was heavily ratio’ed as of writing.
Let’s hope police use the proper pronouns when they nab the obviously male child sex predator.
