2 Protesters Arrested After Going Topless

[Debi]

2 Protesters Arrested After Going Topless
The Breasts Not Bombs members had been warned to keep their shirts on at the Capitol demonstration against governor's initiatives.

By Evan Halper, Times Staff Writer


SACRAMENTO — Police arrested two members of an organization called Breasts Not Bombs after they removed their tops during a protest on the steps of the state Capitol on Monday afternoon.

The women, who were protesting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ballot measures for today's special election, took off their shirts despite warnings from the California Highway Patrol last week that doing so would lead to their arrests — and possibly their inclusion on the state's list of sex offenders. A federal judge Friday refused to grant a request from Breasts Not Bombs to block the police from arresting topless protesters.

Officials at the Sacramento County district attorney's office said they have not decided whether to prosecute the protesters, and if they do, whether to seek to have them listed as sex offenders.


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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-topless8nov08,0,6390385.story?coll=la-home-headlines&vote20375964=1

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Please read the article and DU the poll :P

[Taverner]

1. Pictures!! Pictures!!!

[Debi]

2. They're with the story....

[Loonman]

3. You don't want to see them

Trust me.

[VelmaD]

4. This shit pisses me off...

if men go topless in public it's no big deal...but when women do it they could end up on the sex offender registry. That is completely insane.

[Loonman]

6. So who sexualized the boob?

That's my question. Man teats are not considered titillating. At least last time I checked.

[texas1928]

5. Jumpsuit Orange?

:shrug:

[Debi]

9. Will they just paint them?

Fleshy peach!

[nini]

7. to be honest with you I don't like this tactic

it's so out there the point is lost in what they're protesting.

flame away

[Left Is Write]

8. SEX offenders?

There are no words to describe how patently, ridiculously, mind-bogglingly STUPID and IDIOTIC that is.

[Loonman]

10. Newsflash about topless protests

Nobody gives a shit about whatever cause is being advanced once the boobs come out.

[Debi]

11. Is this a personally revealing comment? n/t

[Loonman]

12. No it's a statement of fact

Tell any man the most outrageous, shocking or provocative thing.

Flash your boobs, and he will immediately forget what you just said.

[Debi]

14. What about women?

Or were these people only protesting for the men in the group?

I'm being snippy...I agree that any outrageous act will drop the level of attention needed to be paid to WHAT is being protested (throwing pies/paint, releasing captive animals, going naked,or painted like circus animals). What happened to just holding up signs and using a microphone?

[ContraBass Black]

13. I find it amusing that in the first picture the woman is looking at

the protester's face, and the croud of men are not.

[Strong Atheist]

15. As a nudist, I am all for

it ...

[nini]

16. I just don't get how it helps the cause though.

It just seems to take the focus off the issue once the stunt begins.

welcome to DU btw: :hi:

[mwooldri]

17. What is it with Americans and boobs?

You can't show them in public, can't show them on TV....

I grew up in the UK being subjected to Murdoch's Sun and "Page 3" girls. I guess it manages to sell a lot of papers.

But still...