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The protestor who stripped down in Washington Square Park, with the words "Stop the War" painted all over her body, had her case of "public indecency" thrown out by a judge. Haila Faisal was in Criminal Court yesterday, armed with lawyer Ron Kuby, to argue her case, but Judge Stanley Katz said the complaint was too vague (or as the NY Times put it, "too scantily described to warrant prosecution") and therefore threw out the case. Also contributing to the situation: Neither the arresting officer nor someone from the DA's office was present. D'oh! Or perhaps that was their passive-aggressive way of realizing the charges were dumb.
The Times writes that Kuby, always one for the spotlight, "seemed disappointed by the abrupt end," saying, "I was all ready to argue those wonderful issues about the constitutionality of public nudity. I was getting ready for a re-enactment of the crime." Then again, by not showing up, maybe the DA's office was punking Kuby. Anyway, Gothamist misses William Kunstler, because he probably would have ordered Faisal to strip down again.
Photograph from the Downtown Express
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A public indecency charge is "too scantily to be described"? I hesitate to love the NYT with all my heart. That's awesome. And I'm a critic.
I'm never around for this stuff.
www.forgotten-ny.com
The problem here is that this woman as well as the Sheehan protest organizer were arrested mostly for stating their beliefs on the Iraq War which was started by Bush a friend of Mayor Bloomberg's. I am sure the cops would not arrest anyone who was naked or using a sound system that said "Bloomberg '05" but because Bush and the war could hurt Bloomberg these people were stopped and arrested.