Certainly pays to go topless, ladies!
Woman wins $29,000 for topless stroll[:0][:0][:0]
NEW YORK - 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 Aug. 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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NEW YORK - 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 Aug. 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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I live in NY, but I have yet to see any females running around topless since this law was past. [:(]
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Maybe you ought to spend some time in the East Village! 
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Would you want your daughters running around topless?[:(] 0 -
They don't run around topless - BUT - we've got a topless beach in San Diego and
I'm sure they have both been there before. ... and know what? They are not damned
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"Phoenix Feeley"?? Anyone want to guess her current Profession is????[:D][:D] 0 -
I dated a girl that was an exhibitionist. She said NY passed a law that allowed women to go topless so she did. She stopped very shortly after she started because too many people were staring at her. Duh! 0 -
The law was in place in Ontario quite a while back....there is no diff between a man running round with no shirt on and a woman doing it....
By the way, some of the men (quite a few in fact) have bigger breasts than the women...0 -
quote:Originally posted by BlackRoses
The law was in place in Ontario quite a while back....there is no diff between a man running round with no shirt on and a woman doing it....
By the way, some of the men (quite a few in fact) have bigger breasts than the women...
So if you had young children, It wouldn't make a difference to you if they saw a man or a woman topless?0 -
the post is no good without pictures hahahah pictures[:D][:)][8D][^] 0 -
Yeah - times change. I read something once from Victorian times.
it declared, quite strongly, that the only 'proper way' to conduct
yourselves, while having 'sexual relations,' was to only conduct
it in the dark, under the covers, silently and as quickly as possible!
Those who stray from His heavenly wishes would most certainly
have his/her soul damned to Hell, for all times!
... it was at that point - I think I was already a hommone-driven
16 year old at the time - I began to question what was 'good for
me.'
... I always make sure one candle is lit - but hold true to the rest
of the advice! ... it only seems rational, eh?"0 -
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Originally posted by BlackRoses
The law was in place in Ontario quite a while back....there is no diff between a man running round with no shirt on and a woman doing it....
By the way, some of the men (quite a few in fact) have bigger breasts than the women...
So if you had young children, It wouldn't make a difference to you if they saw a man or a woman topless?
It never fails to amaze me how hung up on breasts American men are - there are countless millions around the world who's children have seen woman's breasts and who have not been struck blind or turned into molesters. Matter of fact, check out and see what country has the largest percentage of child molesters per thousand - clue - it ain't France or Sweden!
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Who said any thing about child molesters? Not me. I just asked a simple question. Is it more appropriate for a man to be topless than a woman? Most human beings would say a man. 0 -
too bad she owes 100,000 for the traffic accedents she caused{joke}
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quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
too bad she owes 100,000 for the traffic accedents she caused{joke}
i gotta throw up now
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1911...Eeewww, if that is her, she need's to change her name to Fugly Feeley. If I had a dog that looked like that I'd shave it's butt and make it walk backward's...[;)] 0 -
I prefer my women fully clothed.
MUCH more tasteful.0 -
Here's topless and bottomless and tasteful![8D] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by jbc23060
I prefer my women fully clothed.
MUCH more tasteful.
Very nice!
But that ain't clothes, that's paint!0 -
... painted ladies ain't bad, either.
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quote:Originally posted by COLT
1911...Eeewww, if that is her, she need's to change her name to Fugly Feeley. If I had a dog that looked like that I'd shave it's butt and make it walk backward's...[;)]
it took a bit but i found it, scroll down a bit if you must see it again
http://www.dumbassdaily.com/0 -
While researching this to see if I could find more details, I came across this story from britain. 0
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