"It wasn't me. I was sitting on a park bench."
Posted on 05/18/2005 5:34:09 PM PDT by pissant
Police found a so-called "skirt cam" under a subway grate at 88th Street and Lexington Avenue Tuesday afternoon after a woman called police saying she had noticed suspicious wires protruding from the grate as she passed by.
Police closed off the street, fearing the device was a bomb, but soon realized that it was a four-inch multi-media video camera that was pointing upward and recording passers-by.
The camera was attached to an external hard-drive, making it possible for the video to be saved and then uploaded onto the Internet.
Investigators do not consider the camera to be a threat to public safety, but they do consider it a threat to individual privacy.
Some passersby in the neighborhood who spoke to NY1 said they would think twice before ever walking over a grate again.
"It's pretty awful. It really is. I think that I walk over that every single day, but she actually wears skirts more than I do," said one woman, referring to another woman with her. "I happen to have one on today. I'm so glad that I was wearing pants [the rest of the time.]"
"It's really weird that people would actually do this," said a young girl. "I think it's disgusting."
"I generally don't walk on grates," said another woman, who added that she definitely won't be walking over grates from now on.
Police sources say investigators are looking into the possibility the camera was installed by MTA workers.
The California company that manufactures the camera says it will work with police to trace the serial number back to its owner.
A few years ago, Governor George Pataki signed a law making "video voyeurism" a felony offense in New York State, meaning the person responsible for installing the camera could face up to seven years in prison if convicted.
What about that knot of pervs hiding under the grate with cricks in their necks? Do they scate?
Sick people deserve sick punishment!
Must've made for a grate view.
Do you think the perp will skirt the law?
What an ingrate!
Honey, if millions of men can identify you personally by seeing a grainy TV shot of your naughty bits, you have far more problems in your life than worrying about grates.
I'm sure the guy is a pantywaist
"It wasn't me. I was sitting on a park bench."
Grate view?
Round up the usual suspects.
you forgot the rest...."eyeing little girls with bad intent"
Well pissant, if it were me, I would piss on it..(the grate)...
I woulda put a remote contolled blower fan and filmed from my car. No imagination, these criminals!
that's why they make waterproof lenses. LOL
,,, disgusting? I think so too. Technology has replaced good old fashioned imagination. I bet there will be a wire tax introduced before breakfast time tomorrow.
Bill Clintons office is in NYC, the camera is found in NYC. Coincidence? I think not..
"Darn it, they found my camera!"
Good. That means mine's still there.
but Clinton still has liberal chicks willing to flip up their skirts and perform lewinsky's at the drop of a cigar!
Is that anywhere near billy jeff klinton's office?
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