[King of Florida]

I will keep all FReepers posted on the progress of this extremely important First Amendment case. Unless of course the woman turns out to be a Helen Thomas or Ruth Bader Ginsburg lookalike.

[holden]

TTIUWP
HF

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

She was first arrested for bearing her chest during Bike Week in March 2004.

And what college did this stellar reporter graduate from?
One would think the editor at the Herald would catch these errors at the very least.

[joesbucks]

I will keep all FReepers posted on the progress of this extremely important First Amendment case. Unless of course the woman turns out to be a Helen Thomas or Ruth Bader Ginsburg lookalike.

My first thought was "pictures"?

[duckman]

Yes. Please keep us abreast...

[Caipirabob]

ounty Judge David B. Beck said Thursday that Elizabeth Book, 44, of Ormond Beach, did not violate disorderly conduct laws.

Sorry, but I'll be the judge as to whether or not it was a "crime" for her to expose her breasts.

[Hatteras]

"I've never seen another city or case where the city has shown so much time and effort to shut down one person's First Amendment right of protected speech,"...

Her breasts talk?!

[darkwing104]

This ought to be interesting.

[ConsistentLibertarian]

She's 44? I think my mother is younger than that.

[looscnnn]

''We have no problems with her holding up signs, to hold public forums to protest nudity laws, but that does not include the right to go nude,'' Hartman said. ``Any more than you can stand on a podium and snort cocaine to protest cocaine laws.''

First off, she was not nude. She flashed her breasts at the minimum or was topless at the most (kind of hard to tell from the story). Topless is not the same as nude.

Second, there is no law that says that men can snort cocaine and women can't. This is about equal protection under the laws, regardless of what we think of women being topless in public. This is no different than the Selective Service, which is also a sexist law.

[NeoCaveman]

County Judge David B. Beck said Thursday that Elizabeth Book, 44, of Ormond Beach, did not violate disorderly conduct laws.

I have to disagree.

Now if she was 22 I'd feel differently ;)

[jsh3180]

OK, rules are rules.....

[driftdiver]

pictures?

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Ugg.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

This should be illegal:

[PeaceBeWithYou]

The judge is nuts This is obviously a crime against sighted folks.

[Eagle of Liberty]

A woman did not break the law when she exposed her breasts to protest laws that bar women from publicly going bare breasted, a judge has ruled.

Am I missing something here? A judge ruled that the woman did not break the law when she broke the law. Entering bizzaro world.....

[Niteranger68]

A woman did not break the law when she exposed her breasts to protest laws that bar women from publicly going bare breasted, a judge has ruled.

WTF???

[cartan]

“Hey, it's free speech, you know!”

[2harddrive]

She can come to Texas today! It is legal here for women to bare their breasts anytime, anywhere, for any reason.

[OB1kNOb]

A woman did not break the law when she exposed her breasts to protest laws that bar women from publicly going bare breasted, a judge has ruled.

Well I guess that's a load off her chest.