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National Go TOP FREE Day

phoenixfeeley — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:09:48 GMT

WHEN: August 23rd, 2008 @ NOON WHERE: Nationwide from Hawaii to La to NYC (and everywhere in between) For New Yorkers it is more specifically in Central Park @ Summit Rock West Central Park/83rd St. http://www.centralpark.com/pages/map-it/attractions/summit-rock.html Journalists, photographers, and lawyers will all be present along with law enforcement We, women and men, all have the legal right to be TOPFREE in NYC!! This is a demonstration of our rights in NYC And a chance for us to expand this legal right to states that have unequal laws against women. We have received permits for the event And will not be bothered by the police for either having an event or for our choice to go TOP FREE. Lawyers and the media will also be present In order to gain nationwide attention for the cause. We are accepting ideas for performances and acts that would make the day more enjoyable and exciting. Please contact me or this organization GOTOPLESS.org If you want to be involved or if you need more information. Hope to see you there. LOVE and RESPECT phoenix p.s. My personal court date after my arrest for going top free In Springlake NJ is at 9 am on the 27th of August. Please share with me your support any way you can. Thanks

Arrested Twice in One Day for TOP FREEDOM

phoenixfeeley — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:42:00 GMT

Detained for over 6 hours Sent for psychiatric evaluation Physically abused by cops Legal procedures not followed Patient confidentiality not permited Left with no money, phone, or ride 3 towns and a 3 hour walk from where I was 4 tickets: 2- disorderly 1- dressing/undressing in public 1- not giving my info to cops Over $500 in fines Court date July 16th, 2008 Spring Lake, NJ ALL FOR SUNBATHING TOPFREE Just like the 100s of men on the beach who are allowed No appeal in NJ, yet, This will have to go to the federal court, And I might have to go to jail. Walking topfree back to where I was over 10 hours after I was first arrested ---> As beautiful a sight as the two shooting stars that lit up the sky at the same time once I got there. Equality can be more than a wish, it can be our reality.

Daily News June 17, 2007

phoenixfeeley — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:18:53 GMT

Jill Coccaro - Phoenix Feeley - 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.

Post June 17, 2007

phoenixfeeley — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:15:49 GMT

Jill Coccaro was busted downtown when she bared her breasts. 'BUST'ED GAL PAYOFF AFFIRMS LEGAL RIGHT TO GO TOPLESS IN CITY By KATHIANNE BONIELLO June 17, 2007 -- Who knew it was legal for a woman to walk around with her breasts exposed in New York? Well, one woman did - and a cop didn't - and now she has forced the city to fork over a $29,000 legal set tlement for illegally busting her when she law fully bared her bosom and went for a stroll two years ago. Jill Coccaro, a 27-year-old East Village artist who now goes by the name Phoenix Feeley, went au naturel on Aug. 4, 2005, when she pulled down the front of her painter's jumpsuit during an art-show promotion to cool off. In 1992 a state appeals court ruled that if men could expose their chests in public women could not be punished for doing the same. In 2003, high-profile lawyer Ron Kuby had used the law change to win a $10,000 settlement from the city for a model who'd been busted wearing a thong and body paint to the Coney Island Mermaid Parade. But that didn't stop a cop, who spotted Feeley at about 1:30 a.m. strolling topless on Delancey Street, telling her to cover up. When Feeley refused - informing the officer she had a legal right to be naked to the waist, just like a man - the officer took her into custody for indecent exposure. "I did not do anything to anyone on that street, I did not harm anyone," she recalled. "I was so not resisting arrest." But Feeley spent 12 hours in custody before the officer told her the District Attorney's Office had declined to press charges. While she was detained, Feeley claims, an officer yanked her from a patrol car by her hair, that she was taken to Bellevue Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation and that cops refused to help her repair her by-then badly ripped jumpsuit. "I was asking not to walk around in my underwear and they were not helping me with that," she said. "By the end of the night I walked out with my shirt off and my pants on." "The thing the cop did not seem to understand, and what's so problematic, was that it was Phoenix who would decide what parts of her body would be exposed," said her attorney, Jeffrey Rothman. The arrest came a day before her young daughter's birthday and caused Feeley to miss a Family Court appearance involving her ex-husband. Feeley said she's gone bare-breasted before - after running the 2004 New York City marathon - without cops bothering her. "I've always just felt that was something natural," Feeley said of baring her breasts. "I've kind of always done it out of practicality." She sued the city and the arresting officers last October. The city agreed to settle, without admitting any fault, on June 4. "I felt like I deserved it," Feeley said. here's the link: http://www.nypost.com/seven/06172007/news/regionalnews/busted_gal_payoff_regionalnews_kathianne_boniello.htm

like a VIRGIN...

phoenixfeeley — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:11:02 GMT

Yes I am a virgin blogging for the very first time. What is this world of blog? I heard it is a place where anyone and their mother can read my business. ahhhhh!!!! So it is. Well than... For any and all who are reading my not so secret blog entries i send you all my love wrapped in a hug sealed with a kiss. smooches... xoxo ; b