Gays' protest of filming is marked by violence

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NEW YORK (AP) Filming of the movie "Cruising" in the heavily homosexual Greenwich Village area has triggered a week of sometimes violent demonstrations by gays who claim the picture merely reinforces stereotypes. The film stars Al Pacino as an undercover

Correction

Joseph Cali, indicted for forgery in the 1975 Seasons Coal Co. investigation, no longer resides at 26441 Briardale Ave., Euclid, which was incorrectly listed as his address in yesterday's paper.

policeman assigned to stop the killings of homosexuals. The detective discovers he too is gay and reacts by going on a psychopathic killing spree.

The script is said to be rife with explicit, graphic details on the murders and sexual mutilations of gays.

Producer Jerry Weintraub, whose film successes include "Oh, God," said he will not yield to demands that the script be rewritten.

In a week of demonstrations at filming sites, which continued yesterday, several protesters have been arrested, including one charged with trying to slash a policeman with a

razor.

Protesters and reporters have been shoved to the ground and clubbed, and hundreds of riotequipped police have been needed to keep peace.

Mayor Edward Koch, who banned discrimination against homosexuals as one of the first acts of his administration, refused Thursday to withdraw the filming permit for "Cruising."