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Over the 4th of July weekend members of the Outdoor Co-Ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society--a group of women who sunbath topless in public--were sunbathing in New York City's Battery Park. The group was approached by two female police officers who ordered them to put their tops on. The members of the group refused, and asked that the officers call headquarters because under New York state law women may go topless anyplace that men can go topless. The police women placed a call and eventually two male police officers were dispatched to the park. The male police officers corrected their female counterparts and told the topless women that they were correct and to let them know if anyone harrassed them for being topless.
The members of the Society later posted the following on their website: "Now, ignorance isn’t a crime. Not even ignorance of the law. Not even if you’re a police officer whose job is to enforce the law. And to these officers’ credit, they behaved politely throughout, if grimly, and when proven wrong, they conceded. Their sidearms stayed in their holsters throughout. But we shouldn’t have had to negotiate rights we already have with armed agents of the government. We really shouldn’t."
My question: Much has been said about some police officers overstepping their legal authority. If the law is on your side, if the officer is in the wrong as was the case here, are you required to follow orders from a police officer?
The members of the Society later posted the following on their website: "Now, ignorance isn’t a crime. Not even ignorance of the law. Not even if you’re a police officer whose job is to enforce the law. And to these officers’ credit, they behaved politely throughout, if grimly, and when proven wrong, they conceded. Their sidearms stayed in their holsters throughout. But we shouldn’t have had to negotiate rights we already have with armed agents of the government. We really shouldn’t."
My question: Much has been said about some police officers overstepping their legal authority. If the law is on your side, if the officer is in the wrong as was the case here, are you required to follow orders from a police officer?
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