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18 Jun 07 - 02:36 PM (#2080160) Subject: BS: NYC: More civilized than I thought! From: beardedbruce New York City pays $29,000 for arresting topless woman POSTED: 10:15 a.m. EDT, June 18, 2007 Story Highlights• Jill Coccaro, 27, accepts settlement for her 2005 arrest during topless stroll • NYC police held her for 12 hours before telling her she wouldn't be charged • Appeals court ruled in '92 that women have same right as men to go topless • Lawyer: "We hope police learn a lesson and respect the rights of women" NEW YORK (AP) -- A woman arrested for exposing her breasts has accepted a $29,000 settlement from the city, her lawyer said. Jill Coccaro, 27, was arrested on a topless stroll two years ago, despite a 1992 state appeals court ruling that concluded women should have the same right as men to take off their shirts. Coccaro, who now goes by the name Phoenix Feeley, remained in custody for 12 hours before she was told prosecutors were not going to pursue charges. Her attorney, Jeffrey Rothman, told the Daily News that his client won the civil rights settlement from the city, which did not admit or deny wrongdoing. "We hope the police learn a lesson and respect the rights of women to go topless," Rothman said. Feeley told the New York Post that she was not treated well after her August 4, 2005, arrest in Manhattan's Lower East Side section. She claimed in an October lawsuit that a police officer yanked her out of a patrol car by her hair and police took her to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. She told the newspaper she had gone bare-breasted after running the 2004 city marathon without police bothering her. "I've always just felt that was something natural," Feeley said of going topless. "I've kind of always done it out of practicality." |
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18 Jun 07 - 03:08 PM (#2080180) Subject: RE: BS: NYC: More civilized than I thought! From: Mickey191 Phoenix?? I understand Touchy was already taken. Darn! |
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18 Jun 07 - 03:22 PM (#2080191) Subject: RE: BS: NYC: More civilized than I thought! From: Peace All that and alliteration, too . . . . |
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18 Jun 07 - 03:52 PM (#2080223) Subject: RE: BS: NYC: More civilized than I thought! From: Little Hawk Most social customs are pretty arbitrary, but they exercise surprising power over people's minds. You have to keep that in mind when you go against them. The cops who arrested her probably were unaware of the 1992 state appeals court ruling, given that it is surely not tested very often on the streets of New York. ;-) So they were no doubt under the impression they were doing "the right thing" in arresting her. You would never find chimps arresting anyone over something like that. |
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18 Jun 07 - 03:57 PM (#2080229) Subject: RE: BS: NYC: More civilized than I thought! From: Jean(eanjay) $2,416.67 per hour - not bad! |
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18 Jun 07 - 04:07 PM (#2080239) Subject: RE: BS: NYC: More civilized than I thought! From: SINSULL She ran the Marathon topless? Ouch! Visiona of chipped teeth and a fractured jaw. |
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18 Jun 07 - 04:11 PM (#2080243) Subject: RE: BS: NYC: More civilized than I thought! From: JeremyC Link to story, for skeptics (I thought it was fake, myself, but there it is). |
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18 Jun 07 - 04:21 PM (#2080250) Subject: RE: BS: NYC: More civilized than I thought! From: Peace Interesting. "NEW YORK (AP) -- A woman arrested for exposing her breasts has accepted a $29,000 settlement from the city, her lawyer said." I find the language somewhat slanted in the opening paragraph of the news article. She did not 'expose her breasts'. Her breasts were exposed. It's a difference of implication. I would have written, "A woman arrested for having her breasts exposed . . .". Just from idle curiousity: was she breast feeding at the time? |
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18 Jun 07 - 04:37 PM (#2080262) Subject: RE: BS: NYC: More civilized than I thought! From: Jean(eanjay) No, she'd have been awarded more for that! |
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18 Jun 07 - 09:54 PM (#2080627) Subject: RE: BS: NYC: More civilized than I thought! From: Charley Noble Well, they could have come up with a better headline... "EXPOSED BREAST ARREST SETTLED!" "TAT FOR TIT!" etc. Charley Ignoble |
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18 Jun 07 - 10:23 PM (#2080659) Subject: RE: BS: NYC: More civilized than I thought! From: GUEST,meself "You would never find chimps arresting anyone over something like that." - No - but if you violate the social customs in chimp society, I'm sure they let you know pretty quickly. They have pretty big teeth. |
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18 Jun 07 - 10:50 PM (#2080666) Subject: RE: BS: NYC: More civilized than I thought! From: Mickey191 eanjay, you're right--and the price of milk is going up. She must have very small boobs--Cause that would hurt if she ran even just a few miles with a B cup. C or D she'd knock herself out. I think the cops just enjoyed the view. Probably called their buddies in for a look see. |