Well-intentioned but exploitative
The only thing the cops want to know is, did he sleep with him, and how many times? Details to follow.
"I used to know things. Now I have to remember them."
I had a very different take on it. I thought it wasn't exploitative or sensationalized, and that's why I watched it -- I liked that a network was showing that gay-bashing (which used to be shrugged off by so many jurisdictions all over the world) was now being taken seriously.
I wouldn't have watched otherwise, because as a drama it was mediocre (poor character development, shallow relationships, predictable "this is how we TV execs think cops talk" dialog, predictable scenes of "cop or potential victim puts self in jeopardy because we writers are too lazy to think of something better").
"All you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people."