When Police Break The Law…

[Shana A]

When Police Break The Law...
by: Diana CT
Sun Jan 11, 2009 at 14:49:52 PM EST

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it can cause irrevocable harm.

Here in Connecticut, a crossdresser was changing in her van in front of her apartment and a neighbor saw her and thought she was being assaulted or abducted and called the police.

The neighbor blocked the crossdresser's vanwith their car to prevent escape and the crossdresser panicked, drove over a snow bank and fled with the neighbor following her.

The police gave chase and eventually appended her after running over spike sticks and she was charged with interfering with police, engaging police in pursuit and driving with a suspended license.

The local newspaper covered the story, publishing her name and address.

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Be careful when changing in your car on way to a meeting, etc.....

[lisagurl]

I fail to see when police broke the law. They were doing their job. Now police break the law all the time driving over the speed limit. Unless they are in pursuit and have their lights on they are suppose to obey all traffic laws like everyone else.

Was the police right in reveling how she was dressed? No.

In Connecticut, it is AGAINST the law to enter in a police report how a person was dressed unless it had a direct bearing on the case, which this did not.

It sure did have a bearing on the case. One you can not take your cloths off in public. Second the removal of clothes was the reason to call the police in the first place. Third it is against the law to fraudulently present the wrong gender in some places.

[Dennis]

They could have simply said the person was changing in the car, they did not need to say what kind of clothes the person was wearing. I'm sure if there'd been any kind of public nudity, the police would not have hesitated to charge him with that as well. You can change without taking your clothes off in public to the extent that you're breaking a law. People do it at the beach all the time.

The kind of clothes had no bearing on the case at all. And I don't know of any jurisdiction in the US or Canada that still has the ancient anti-cross dressing laws on the books.

I agree with the original poster, the reason that law is there is likely to prevent people's lives from being damaged like this person's was.

Dennis

[lisagurl]

The kind of clothes had no bearing on the case at all.

The women saw both man's and women's half clothed body hence the appearance of rape. The type of clothes was important in the police report which is a public document. Now the reporter did not have to report the story it is of little effect news worthy value except for the entertainment value. As that is why people spend time with the media.

The law specifically forbids anyone to "be found in a state of partial nudity" or to dress in a manner "not becoming to his or her sex." It also bans "any indecent exposure" of any "person or undergarments."

Those found in violation will be fined $50 on the first offense and $100 on the second. A third time offender will be fined another $100 and must complete 16 hours of community service.

[RebeccaFog]

When Police Break The Law...



it's called "Law enforcement"

[tekla]

Somewhere between mall security and real police work, are small town cops.