Police Report on Men’s Plaza Kiss Released

Church security guards cited kissing and hugging as the “unwanted” behavior two gay men displayed before they were detained and ticketed for trespassing on a plaza near the LDS Temple, according to the police report. Spokesmen for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Salt Lake City police department have thus far declined to specify the behavior that prompted guards to ask Matt Aune, 28, and his partner, Derek Jones, 25, to leave the plaza at 50 E. North Temple. Aune said that the guards “slammed him to the ground” while detaining him; a guard disputed that claim, according to the police report.

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