Police rip 'clothes' (tent) off female ‘Occupy Melbourne’ protester
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[B]Police rip clothes off female ‘Occupy Melbourne’ protester[/B]
By David Edwards
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
[release]A female protester has officially complained after police in Melbourne forcibly removed the tent dress she was wearing, leaving her nearly naked on the gound.
The woman, named Sarah, was one of several Occupy “tent monsters” who decided to wear their tents as a creative way to keep police from confiscating them.
In several videos posted to YouTube Monday, at least seven male and female Melbourne Council rangers began disrobing the young woman.
“This is not consensual,” Sarah said. “Don’t take my clothes off!”
The woman yelled as officers ripped and tore the tent dress until she was left in only her bra and panties. As she sat on the ground trying to cover herself, the police quickly turned and exited the park, neglecting to see if she was hurt.
“The Ethical Standards Department has subsequently received a physical assault complaint in relation to this incident and is investigating,” Victoria Police said in a statement.
“As this investigation is ongoing we will not be commenting further.”
Tal Slome, a spokeswoman for Occupy Melbourne, explained that the action was a “completely unnecessary form of brutality” because police knew she was only wearing underwear beneath the tent.
“Who decides what constitutes clothing in our society?” she asked.
In late October, police violently attempted to evict protesters from City Square. About 20 activists were arrested.[/release]
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAkUB7jRb2c[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtwuGAOR9a4[/media]
It's totally just a few bad apples.
A few lot of bad apples.
...
Sorry, can't say that with a straight face.
:q:
In the first video, "Can you please call the cops?"
[QUOTE=Article]The woman yelled as officers ripped and tore the tent dress until she was left in only her bra and panties.[/quote]
those are clothes, it seems like you just embarrassed yourself, lady
[QUOTE=Article]“Who decides what constitutes clothing in our society?” she asked.[/QUOTE]
society does
This is just awful. How are they allowed to do this?
Maybe she should have worn some real clothes.
[QUOTE=lil_n00blett;33602649]those are clothes, it seems like you just embarrassed yourself, lady
society does[/QUOTE]
I don't know about you, but most people don't like seeing other people walking around in their undergarments. Even though the reproductive organs may be concealed from view, it's still considered "nakedness" by many people.
[QUOTE=Psychopath12;33602696]I don't know about you, but most people don't like seeing other people walking around in their undergarments. Even though the reproductive organs may be concealed from view, it's still considered "nakedness" by many people.[/QUOTE]
I don't mind
Hm. The police said don't bring tents, so I should obviously try to be a smartass and wear a tent and call it clothing so they won't take it. Yeah shes a freaking dumbass if she thought that would work.
[QUOTE=Psychopath12;33602696]I don't know about you, but most people don't like seeing other people walking around in their undergarments. Even though the reproductive organs may be concealed from view, it's still considered "nakedness" by many people.[/QUOTE]
if she really wanted to make a point, she wouldn't have worn anything under it. i'm absolutely sure if she was naked under it, she would have just been escorted away and then they would have replaced her tent with a towel or something else to cover up. instead the police let her sit on the ground in her underwear and she complained about something she did to herself.
i understand that police have done some pretty messed up and wrong things to occupy protestors, and i support the occupy movement, but this is just a ridiculous incident
[QUOTE=darkrei9n;33602737]Hm. The police said don't bring tents, so I should obviously try to be a smartass and wear a tent and call it clothing so they won't take it. Yeah shes a freaking dumbass if she thought that would work.[/QUOTE]
Okay, but does that really warrant the police to strip it off of her?
wow they actually ripped it off. Why?
It's a little over the top to call a tent "clothes"
where was she?
[QUOTE=7DeadlySyns;33602760]Okay, but does that really warrant the police to strip it off of her?[/QUOTE]
she was asking for it obvsly
the nerve of these people ffs
[QUOTE=darkrei9n;33602737]Hm. The police said don't bring tents, so I should obviously try to be a smartass and wear a tent and call it clothing so they won't take it. Yeah shes a freaking dumbass if she thought that would work.[/QUOTE]
this exactly, though I don't think the way they got it off was the right way
why don't they just sleep in their cars?
[QUOTE=Contag;33602778]where was she?[/QUOTE]
In Melbourne
[QUOTE=7DeadlySyns;33602760]Okay, but does that really warrant the police to strip it off of her?[/QUOTE]
yes, because she wasn't naked under it, and it's an item they prohibited people from having, so they took it from her.
[QUOTE=Contag;33602843]why don't they just sleep in their cars?[/QUOTE]
I know it's illegal in some places but, not a bad point.
[QUOTE=toaster468;33602864]In Melbourne[/QUOTE]
obviously
I was asking where
[QUOTE=lil_n00blett;33602649]those are clothes, it seems like you just embarrassed yourself, lady[/QUOTE]
So you'd be fine being in your underwear in public? Being stripped by a group of people supposed to be [B]FUCKING[/B] protecting you!?
All because you were trying to make a point?
What threat does a tent have? What threat does a woman wearing a tent as a costume have? What threat at all?
[QUOTE=Contag;33602940]obviously
I was asking where[/QUOTE]
Australia.
What a bloody disgusting display. Can't help but think that if she had've just answered the question "Is this your tent?", it wouldn't have happened.
[QUOTE=lil_n00blett;33602649]those are clothes, it seems like you just embarrassed yourself, lady[/QUOTE]
Actually, since she was left with only her underwear, if the cops wanted to, they could've also booked her for indecent exposure.
[QUOTE=Last or First;33602954]So you'd be fine being in your underwear in public? Being stripped by a group of people supposed to be [B]FUCKING[/B] protecting you!?
All because you were trying to make a point?
What threat does a tent have? What threat does a woman wearing a tent as a costume have? What threat at all?[/QUOTE]
i'm from portland, oregon, where there's an annual protest where thousands of people their bikes naked through the city. naked. she was in her underwear, so nothing important was showing. she tried to bend the rules by wearing a tent, and she was covered up underneath, so the police weren't obligated to cover her up themselves. they prohibited tents, she had one, they took it. if she didn't want to embarrass herself, she wouldn't have done something so stupid. nobody saw her private parts.
[QUOTE=Contag;33602940]obviously
I was asking where[/QUOTE]
It looked like a park or somewhere similar, so I'd assume the Treasury Gardens
[QUOTE=lil_n00blett;33602999]i'm from portland, oregon, where there's an annual protest where thousands of people their bikes naked through the city. naked. she was in her underwear, so nothing important was showing. she tried to bend the rules by wearing a tent, and she was covered up underneath, so the police weren't obligated to cover her up themselves. they prohibited tents, she had one, they took it. if she didn't want to embarrass herself, she wouldn't have done something so stupid. nobody saw her private parts.[/QUOTE]
Not everyone is comfortable biking naked through cities. Some people grow up in enviroments where nudity is much more taboo.
Picture it like this, if some random man grabbed a woman in public and began to strip her clothes off by force, wouldn't that man be arrested under sexual assault? The only difference being that in this case, the police were doing it.
I agree she was just being silly trying to wear a tent but that does not merit this kind of behavior from the police at all.
Why you would wear a tent and underwear to "get around the system like a badass" is beyond me. Honestly, if you're trying to blatantly "outwit" the law by physically adhering items to your body so that they are not confiscated, I feel no pity for you when you are punished. She deserved to be "disrobed", if that's what you want to call it.
[QUOTE=lil_n00blett;33602999]i'm from portland, oregon, where there's an annual protest where thousands of people their bikes naked through the city. naked. she was in her underwear, so nothing important was showing. she tried to bend the rules by wearing a tent, and she was covered up underneath, so the police weren't obligated to cover her up themselves. they prohibited tents, she had one, they took it. if she didn't want to embarrass herself, she wouldn't have done something so stupid. nobody saw her private parts.[/QUOTE]
Have you ever considered the possibility that not everyone in the world lives in fucking Portland?
And that the chances of her having been there, especially during said event, are, basically 0?
And that the bicycle protest is them being [I]consensually[/I] naked? And there's thousands of them, so it's not like just one person being naked?
And that even if she [I]did[/I] consent to being publically naked at a similar protest, it does not mean that she consented to being publically naked at this one?
And that there's a reason it's called "partially nude"?
And that she was stripped unconsentually [I]by fucking authority figures[/I]?
[QUOTE=Alyx Zark;33603098]Not everyone is comfortable biking naked through cities. Some people grow up in enviroments where nudity is much more taboo.
Picture it like this, if some random man grabbed a woman in public and began to strip her clothes off by force, wouldn't that man be arrested under sexual assault? The only difference being that in this case, the police were doing it.
I agree she was just being silly trying to wear a tent but that does not merit this kind of behavior from the police at all.[/QUOTE]
The point is that she had an item in an area where it was prohibited. If she was naked under the tent, the police would have escorted her away and replaced the tent with something she could use to cover up with. If they didn't do that, then I'd say you have a story to tell.
[editline]6th December 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Last or First;33603126]Have you ever considered the possibility that not everyone in the world lives in fucking Portland?
And that the chances of her having been there, especially during said event, are, basically 0?
And that the bicycle protest is them being [I]consensually[/I] naked? And there's thousands of them, so it's not like just one person being naked?
And that even if she [I]did[/I] consent to being publically naked at a similar protest, it does not mean that she consented to being publically naked at this one?
And that there's a reason it's called "partially nude"?
And that she was stripped unconsentually [I]by fucking authority figures[/I]?[/QUOTE]
completely missed the point of my little portland anecdote, but okay. since when did you have to consent for police to enforce the law? once again, if she was actually naked under it, the police would have covered her up.
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