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| New York Police Called in Line: Women Can Go Topless |
| 2013-06-05 |
| [An Nahar] As the summer sun shines in New York, many city dwellers will head to Central Park to soak up some vitamin D. And if police see topless female sunbathers, they have been reminded to let them be. In February, the New York Police Department (NYPD) issued a somewhat unusual memo to its officers, and multiple reminders since then: a 1992 court decision states that women can bare their breasts without penalty. "Members of the service are directed not to issue summonses, or take other enforcement action, against male or female individuals who are simply appearing in public unclothed above their waist," an NYPD memo says. The freedom to go topless is one embraced by artist Holly Van Voast, who has made it a point to bare her breasts in public as often as possible. But she says the police are not playing by the rules. She claims to have been tossed in the calaboose You have the right to remain silent... dozens of times. On occasion, she says she has been handcuffed, nabbed Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! for hours before being released and received summonses for "indecent exposure." The colorful artist -- a platinum blonde with a fake dark mustache -- filed a complaint last month in a federal court in New York against the city and the NYPD, accusing them of harassment. Her complaint states she was once "detained in the psychiatric hospital against her will for approximately six days" after being arrested near an elementary school in March 2012. She's a platinum blonde who wears a fake mustache. It's understandable that people think she's either a detective or a lunatic. Her complaint recalls the 1992 ruling and cites the NYPD memo. She is seeking unspecified punitive damages and compensation. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 How many hermies in a gulp? |
| Posted by: KBK 2013-06-05 21:30 |
| #12 Some have it, some don't. "Equality is for ugly LOSERS" !!! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-06-05 16:14 |
| #11 what happens if they hold more than a Big Gulp? Can the woman be arrested for providing too many calories? Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2013-06-05 16:04 |
| #10 |
| Posted by: Sonny the Younger3441 2013-06-05 14:10 |
| #9 Has Mayor Bloomie had anything to say about cup size....? I'll stop now.... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2013-06-05 13:22 |
| #8 And I for one welcome our new |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2013-06-05 13:20 |
| #7 Redneck Jim, sorry to see you developed a a a stu stttu stutter, but yeah she has got a set of knockers (or as I like to call them Knocker-hyde) and they are of average if not slightly above average size. Why Knocker-hyde, well as a female human grows old, wrinkled, and becomes flabby, they remind me of a naugahyde lounge chair with two loose buttons bobbing around on the seat back. Yeah, I 've got issues, with the name Spaimp Turkeyneck, who wouldn't. |
| Posted by: Spaimp Turkeyneck3830 2013-06-05 13:14 |
| #6 I don't know, after six beers and the judicious use of a paper bag even Holly Van Voast might be attractive. I like her moustache, has that Salvador Dali look going on. |
| Posted by: Spaimp Turkeyneck3830 2013-06-05 12:51 |
| #5 Question, Do any of the "Protesters" HAVE anything to show? Or is this a busted flat flush? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-06-05 12:46 |
| #4 Careful what you ask for. I googled it. Eww! |
| Posted by: Sum Dum Guy 2013-06-05 11:50 |
| #3 Pictures ? |
| Posted by: Spaimp Turkeyneck3830 2013-06-05 10:53 |
| #2 Alternate PR for the city cause Big Gulps no longer can entice. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-06-05 08:19 |
| #1 IMO read, SUMMER TOURIST SEASON IN NYC. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-06-05 01:09 |