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New York City pays $29,000 for arresting topless woman
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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| June 19, 2007, 00:15 |
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Re: New York City pays $29,000 for arresting topless woman
I thought this story was kind of interesting...I wonder about this topless law....is it illegal for a woman to go topless within a certain number of yards from a church or school or is it legal for a woman to go topless anywhere in NYC?
Laws can be so outdated, I'm betting there are still laws on the Missouri books about when and where a woman can expose ankles and knees!
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| June 19, 2007, 00:18 |
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Re: New York City pays $29,000 for arresting topless woman
I think that we all should get a law passed that says, all women should go topless. They can only be arrested if they are covering up. OK, we'll let them cover up in the winter, don't those wonderful bumpers to get frost bit.
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| June 19, 2007, 00:30 |
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Re: New York City pays $29,000 for arresting topless woman
That was not really for arresting her, that was for the sexual harassment that she got when they picked her up.... They were both fondling her breast to see if they were real or if they were memorex..... ROFLMAO.....
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| June 19, 2007, 00:58 |
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Re: New York City pays $29,000 for arresting topless woman
In Missouri a law on the books makes it illegal to have oral sex
take care
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| June 19, 2007, 06:51 |
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There was an incident in Vermont last year, I believe, that involved kids being completely naked in public. The states ordinance has no rules against it.
If this country allowed women to roam around topless, it would becomes scandalous at first. The motor vehicle accident rate would sharply increase, along with claims of rape, but much like anything else, it would slowly subside.
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| June 19, 2007, 12:30 |
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Re: New York City pays $29,000 for arresting topless woman
Be nice to let the air get to them  
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| June 19, 2007, 20:26 |
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Re: New York City pays $29,000 for arresting topless woman
You said it HGB! Especially here during July and August...so hot and humid!!!
When I use to live where the nearest neighbor was a couple of miles away..I went topless allot!
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| June 19, 2007, 21:45 |
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