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...she halted in the middle of the street at about 1:45 a.m. She stood calmly, a surreal image of human vulnerability in the face of an overpowering force that has been criticized nationally by civil rights advocates... latimes.com/world-nation/s…
Before it was over, she struck ballet poses and reclined on the street. She also sat on the asphalt in a yoga-like position, facing officers, before they left...
Portland has long been loved, or mocked, for its streak of earnest but quirky organic earthiness, as portrayed in the “Portlandia” television comedy series. Sometimes the envelope-pushing forms of expression involve nudity.
Courts have held that nudity in Portland is a protected form of political expression.
In 2008 a judge cleared a nude bicyclist of charges, saying cycling naked had become a “well established tradition” in Portland as a form of “symbolic protest.”
Four years later, a man was acquitted of similar charges by a judge who interpreted his stripping naked at #PIA Portland International Airport as a legitimate form of protest against @TSA procedures.
The woman making her statement Saturday was altogether uninhibited, at one point standing on one leg and raising her arms in an arc-type motion.
As she struck ballet poses, a patrol car arrived and a dozen officers in blue uniforms replaced the line of agents.
She sat in the street facing them, legs spread in the headlights’ glare. Later she rolled on her back in a graceful pose, then stood again. The second group of officers also left.
Her appearance lasted 15 minutes. News photographers said she slipped away uninjured into the crowd.
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