[ APPLAUSE ]
>>> WELL, ITS THAT TIME OF YEAR
WHEN MANY OF US WANT TO TEND TO
OUR GARDENS WHILE TOPLESS.
WHAT?
OKAY, MAYBE NOT ALL OF US WANT
TO SHED OUR SHIRTS WHILE GARDENING.R SHIRTS WHILE
GARDENING. BUT JENICA IGO OF UPSTATE
NEW YORK DID WANT TO.
AND ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE.
SHES HERE WITH ME NOW WITH THE
STORY.
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>> IM GREAT.
FIRST, YOURE IN YOUR BACKYARD. YOURE MINDING YOUR OWN BUSINESS
AND YOU LOVE TO GARDEN.
>> I DO. >> SO FAR I HAVE IT RIGHT?
>> HAD A GARDEN SINCE I WAS A
KID.
KID.
>> IT WAS HOT OUT AND YOU DECIDED TO DO WHAT?ND YOU
DECIDED TO DO WHAT? >> I TOOK MY SHIRT OFF.
>> WERE YOU WEARING A BRA UNDERNEATH? WEARING A BRA
UNDERNEATH?
>> NOPE. >> JUST LET IT LOOSE.
LET IT FLY.
YOURE A KINDRED SPIRIT WITH MY
MOM.
MOM.
SHE SAYS SHE USED TO BE A 38DD AND NOW SHES A 42 LONG. A 38DD
AND NOW SHES A 42 LONG. [ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE ]
>> THAT WAS GOOD.
I LIKED THAT.
>> YOU DECIDED TO GO FOR IT.
JUST GO FOR IT.
DID IT OCCUR TO YOU, ALL RIGHT, MAYBE SOMEBODYS GOING TO BEEP?,
MAYBE SOMEBODYS GOING TO BEEP? YOU CAN BE SEEN FROM THE ROAD.
>> IT IS OPEN ON THE ROADWAY
WHERE I LIVE, YES.
>> WERE PEOPLE HOLLERING?
>> I GOT A BUNCH OF HOOTS,
HOLLERING AND HONKS, YEAH.
>> WHAT DID YOU DO?
>> I KEPT GARDENING.
>> ALL OF THE WOMEN OUT THERE
SAYING, WHY DIDNT YOU PUT ON
THE SPORTS BRA OR LIKE THE CROP
TOP?
TOP?
WHATS THE ANSWER?
>> THATS NOT GOING TO SUPPORT ME.THATS NOT GOING TO SUPPORT
ME. FIRST OFF.
FIRST OFF. >> MORE SO THAN MAYBE NOTHING.
>> THATS TOO HOT.
IT GETS STICKY.
YOU KNOW, SWEAT POOLS.
>> THAT IS TRUE.
THAT IS AN ISSUE.
SO, FINALLY ONE DAY, A POLICE
OFFICER SHOWS UP.
WHAT DOES HE SAY?
>> HE WANTED TO ARREST ME.
FOR BEING TOPLESS IN MY FRONT
YARD.
YARD.
THERE WAS A SIGNED DEPOSITION. A WOMAN HAD SIGNED A DEPOSITION
SAYING I WAS TOPLESS IN MY FRONT
YARD, COMPLETELY UNCOVERED AND
WAVING AT TRAFFIC.
I DONT DO THAT. I KEEP MY NOSE TO THE GROUND.
LITERALLY.
LITERALLY. >> THATS NOT ALL.
NOW, I UNDERSTAND YOU AND HE HAD
A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW YOU COULD
MAKE IT MORE PALATABLE.
>> THAT WAS A DIFFERENT OFFICER
BEFORE THE ARREST HAPPENED.
>> ALL OF THE COPS ARE OFFERING
TO GO OVER AND TALK TO HER.
>> I WAS TOLD THEY DREW STRAWS.
>> WHAT DID THAT COP WANT YOU TO
DO?
DO?
>> ONE OFFICER BEFORE THE ARREST
ACTUALLY HAPPENED DID SAY, MAYBE
PUT PASTIES ON.
IT WILL BE MORE PALLETATABLEPALA MAYBE THE NIPPLE IS THETABLEPALA
MAYBE THE NIPPLE IS THE OFFENSIVE PART.
OFFENSIVE PART.
>> ITS THE NIPPLE. DID YOU DO THAT?E.
DID YOU DO THAT? >> I DID.
>> I DID. I HAD PASTIES.
>> LITTLE FLOWER SHAPES.
>> I HAD LITTLE BLACK CATS,
ACTUALLY.
ACTUALLY.
>> LITTLE BLACK CAT PASTIES? >> I CALLED THEM MY TITTY CATS.
OKAY.
OKAY. SO, FINALLY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR
THE COPS OR WHOEVER SAID, WEVE
HAD ENOUGH OF THE CATS AND THE
COP COMES OVER.
DID HE ACTUALLY PLACE YOU UNDER
ARREST?
ARREST?
>> I WAS ACTUALLY PLACED IN THE BACK OF HIS CAR, TAKEN DOWN TOE
BACK OF HIS CAR, TAKEN DOWN TO THE STATION AND PROCESSED.
>> DID YOU HAVE A SHIRT ON FOR
THAT?
THAT?
>> I DID. ACTUALLY, WHEN HE CAME, I WAS
SLEEPING.
SLEEPING.
MY FIANCE, HE ANSWERED THE DOOR. AND THE OFFICER SAID, WHETHEROR.
AND THE OFFICER SAID, WHETHER SHE COMES WITH ME IN CUFFS OR
NOT IS UP TO HER.
>> HOW DOES THE FIANCE FEEL
ABOUT THE TOPLESS GARDENING?
>> HES IN FULL SUPPORT OF ME.
>> AND I UNDERSTAND HE WENT BACK
THERE AND REALLY SHOWED SUPPORT.
IS IT TRUE HE WENT BACK THERE IN
HIS SPEEDO TO SORT OF,
SOLIDARITY?
SOLIDARITY?
>> HE WENT OUT THERE IN A VERY
SHINY MERMAID SPEEDO.
>> THIS IS THE FIANCE, RIGHT HERE.IS IS THE FIANCE, RIGHT
HERE.
>> YES.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> GIRL POWER.
THE TRUTH IS, YOU KNEW THE LAW AND TRIED TO TELL THE OFFICERW
AND TRIED TO TELL THE OFFICER THAT WHAT?
THAT WHAT? >> THAT THERE WAS A PENAL CODE
THAT SAID WOMEN CAN BE TOPLESS
IN NEW YORK SINCE 1992.
ANYWHERE A MAN CAN GO WITHOUT A
SHIRT, SO CAN A WOMAN.
>> HOW ABOUT THAT?
DID YOU KNOW THAT?
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT OFF WHERE
A MAN CAN TAKE IT OFF, GO FOR
IT.
IT.
THE ONLY LIMITATIONS ARE ON IT BEING IN A PUBLIC SETTING ORIT
BEING IN A PUBLIC SETTING OR MORE COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.
SO, WHEN THEY TRIED TO PURSUE
THE PROFESSIONSECUTION AGAINST Y
WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> THE JUDGE LOOKED AT MY ARREST
AND SAID, WHY IS THIS EVEN HERE? HE EVEN HAD HIS OWN PAPERWORKRE?
HE EVEN HAD HIS OWN PAPERWORK THAT SHOWED, THIS WOMAN WAS
FALSELY ARRESTED FOR THIS.
THIS WOMAN WAS ARRESTED FOR
THIS.
THIS.
WHY IS THIS EVEN HERE?
>> HE THREW THE CASE OUT. >> GET THIS OUT OF HERE..
>> GET THIS OUT OF HERE. >> ARE YOU SUING THE COPS?
>> I AM.
>> I AM. >> WHY?
>> WHY? DO YOU WANT MONEY?
OR DO YOU WANT TO TEACH A
LESSON?
LESSON?
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
>> ITS MORE SO TO PREVENT THIS
FROM HAPPENING TO OTHER WOMEN. >> YEAH.PENING TO OTHER WOMEN.
>> YEAH. CAN I JUST ASK, IM CURIOUS, BE
HONEST, WHAT WOULD YOU THINK IF
YOUR NEIGHBOR WAS GARDENING
TOPLESS?
TOPLESS?
CLAP IF YOU WOULD BE FINE WITH IT.P IF YOU WOULD BE FINE WITH
IT.
AND CLAP IF YOU WOULD NOT BE FINE WITH IT.OU WOULD NOT BE
FINE WITH IT. THERES SOME PEOPLE THAT JUST
REFUSE TO SAY ANYTHING.
NOT EVERYBODY IS IN FAVOR.
BUT THE LAW IS ON YOUR SIDE.
THANK YOU FOR TELLING YOUR
STORY.
STORY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> ALL THE BEST TO YOU.
WE DO WANT TO TELL YOU, WE
REACHED OUT TO THE MAJOR OF THE