The true story behind Plainclothes: How Police Entrapment Targeted Gay Men in 1990s America

By Derek Danforth

The arrest was over in minutes-but the shame lasted a lifetime.

In the late 1990s, ordinary men in Syracuse and across America stepped into public spaces-restrooms, parks, sidewalks-never knowing they were walking into carefully laid traps. Undercover officers waited in the shadows, armed not with weapons but with rehearsed gestures, coded signals, and a mandate to "clean up" morality. One glance, one misunderstood motion, could end in handcuffs, headlines, and humiliation.

What you're about to discover will change how you see justice, freedom, and the hidden costs of law enforcement.

The True Story Behind Plainclothes pulls back the curtain on one of America's most overlooked injustices: the entrapment of gay men under the guise of public decency policing. Through gripping narratives, historical research, and chilling case studies, author Derek Danforth exposes: The undercover tactics that blurred the line between law and persecutionThe real stories of men whose lives, families, and careers were destroyedThe legal battles and activist voices that fought to challenge a broken systemThe lasting scars of shame, silence, and stigma-even decades later

Few people know that these sting operations continued well into the 1990s, long after America claimed progress. This book forces us to ask: How many lives were shattered in the name of morality? How many stories remain untold?

If you care about history, social justice, or the fight for civil rights, this book will leave you shaken-and inspired. It is not just the story of entrapment in Syracuse; it is the story of a nation struggling with its own contradictions.

Ready to uncover the hidden truth behind Plainclothes?

Get your copy today and step into the shadows where lives were changed forever.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FRGGTRL9
• ISBN13: 9798265817822
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"