New York City pays $29,000 for arresting topless woman

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Why am I never in the right place for this kind of thing?

Assuming she's hot, of course. Wrinkly, shriveled fun bags don't do it for me.



http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/06/18/topless.settlement.ap/index.html



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."

[legion]

"Phoenix Feeley", huh. Wonder what she does for a living?

[Don Plumley]

This lawsuit is useless without pics.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Originally posted by legion
"Phoenix Feeley", huh. Wonder what she does for a living?

I heard she's in the "entertainment industry".

[The Gaijin]

Topless, shmopless.

What is really offensive to public morals and mental hygene is the revealing midriffs, short shorts and ugly feet in flip flops. Dressed for the beach is no way to walk down the sidewalks of Gotham. I don't care how hot it is.. Yikes.

[Joeaksa]

Searched for 20 minutes for a photo of the young lady and could not find any. This probably means that she aint the best looking in the bunch. You know NYC and photographers so wonder why no pictures.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

I think you need to narrow your search criteria. Somehow I see Googling "tits" and just trying to use process of elimination as not working too well in this situation. . .

[Joeaksa]

Originally posted by Porsche-O-Phile
I think you need to narrow your search criteria. Somehow I see Googling "tits" and just trying to use process of elimination as not working too well in this situation. . .

If that was the search criteria I could have just as easily emailed Byron...

[on2wheels52]

re "ugly feet in flip flops", my Germany living neice says anyone there so dressed on the street there must be American. "Did you get lost going to the shower?"
Jim

[hytem]

That money came from the taxpayers--the lady shouldn't accept it.

Nothing wrong with a woman going topless--or bottomless, for that matter.

[rcecale]

Originally posted by Joeaksa
Searched for 20 minutes for a photo of the young lady and could not find any.

Joe, Joe, Joe...leave the internet searching for us professionals...



Source.

She's a little boney for my taste, but, I'm sure she has a fan club!

Randy