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Dearest Whomever,
Daily News June 17, 2007
Tue, June 19, 2007 - 12:18 AM
Wins $29K for Topless Arrest
Monday, June 18th, 2007
New Yorker Jill Coccaro, who goes by name Phoenix Feeley has banked $29K for her false arrest. (Photo Courtesy Istock.com)
New York artist 27-year-old Jill Coccaro, who goes by the name Phoenix Feeley just accepted a $29,000 settlement for being wrongly arrested for going on a topless walk two years ago. Coccaro was arrested despite a 1992 New York state appeals court ruling that concluded women should have the same right as men to take off their shirts.
Coccaro’s attorney, Jeffrey Rothman, tells the Daily News he hopes police have learned a lesson. He says officers need to respect the rights of women who want to go shirtless in public.
A week after her Aug. 4, 2005, arrest, Coccaro was joined by about a dozen women in a topless protest.
"We have to affirm a women’s right to be top-free," Coccaro told the Daily News.
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Tue, June 19, 2007 - 8:34 AM
re: yay Jill...I mean Phoenix!
Where does the money go?
Are you giving some of it to a women's fund or charity? congrats! |
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Tue, June 26, 2007 - 12:44 AM
I am SO happy for you. My pals from the Beach would be very happy to hear this.
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Fri, April 18, 2008 - 8:57 AM
Congratulations!
Women have also won the right to go topless here in Santa Cruz. On a similar note, I won a lawsuit in Santa Cruz for a false arrest (including brutality) for distributing literature, something that also was/is not illegal. |