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jakeXT

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2. I didn't know about the 1992 law

Reply to bananas (Original post)

Wed May 7, 2014, 07:36 AM

May 2014

Jessica Krigsman Sues NYPD After Arrest For Being Topless In Brooklyn Park

A Brooklyn woman is suing the NYPD after she was arrested in a Gravesend park for sitting on a bench topless.

The New York Post reports 24-year-old Jessica Krigsman was sunbathing in Calvert Vaux Park in July of last year, when she was approached by two officers, one female, and ordered to put her shirt back on.

According to the lawsuit, which was filed on Monday, Krigsman responded by citing a 1992 law permitting women to go topless in public.

“I’m like, what? Haven’t you heard of People v. Santorelli?" Krigsman told The Post. "This has been legal since the ’90s. Call your supervisor!”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/09/jessica-krigsman_n_4069537.html

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