SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco police on Friday began enforcing a controversial new ordinance that bans nudity outdoors, citing four activists after they stripped down in front of City Hall.
“Freedom of expression is dead in this country,” nude activist George Davis shouted as he was taken into a police van, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Protesters were given a 15-minute warning before the citations, which come with a $100 fine.
On Tuesday, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by nude activists who said that the ordinance violated their 1st Amendment rights.
After complaints about so-called “Naked Guys” gathering daily in the city’s Castro District, San Francisco supervisors voted in November to ban public nudity citywide, except for at permitted festivals and parades.
-Los Angeles Times
11 Comments to “Four Arrested for Breaking San Francisco Nudity Ban”
February 3, 2013 at 7:32 PM
Don't arrest them, handcuff them to a pole and make them stand there for a week naked. We'll see how they like it after a few cold nights. ; P
February 3, 2013 at 7:32 PM
I have seen pictures of naked guys masturbating on the busy streets of San Fran
February 3, 2013 at 8:44 PM
Wow! Watch your step folks..
February 3, 2013 at 10:57 PM
What a Perv , You need to stop that Kevin, Eww
February 3, 2013 at 8:04 PM
These are nothing but demented fa$$$$s looking for your children.
February 3, 2013 at 11:26 PM
Pretty much.
February 3, 2013 at 8:06 PM
Here is a link to uncensored pictures from the event. There would be less opposition to public nudity if all nudists were as hot as the guy in the blue hat! If I looked like that I would probably walk around naked in public all day LOL
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-nude-ac…
February 3, 2013 at 11:00 PM
Sounds like you got yourself all exited.Ah the state of fruits and nuts…….LMFAO
February 3, 2013 at 11:43 PM
Are these self portraits Kev.?
February 8, 2013 at 9:51 AM
nudity is not a crime we were born with no cloths, not all nude people are perverts! what ever happened to freedom of expression ,gay people have there freedom of expression in public the worst thing that could happen is people gigle or laugh we are not doing obcenitys or crime we just do i because it feels natural does anybody know why we do what we do? why do we go bowling why do we smoke why do we drink why do we swim we just do it!!