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(Don’t) Free the Nipple

A federal judge properly granted summary judgment against a woman who sued Los Angeles Police officers who arrested her for going topless at a Bernie Sanders rally because “reasonable officers could disagree” on whether showing breasts or nipples in public violates state law, the Ninth Circuit held Thursday.

PASADENA, Calif. – A federal judge properly granted summary judgment against a woman who sued Los Angeles Police officers who arrested her for going topless at a Bernie Sanders rally because “reasonable officers could disagree” on whether showing breasts or nipples in public violates state law, the Ninth Circuit held Thursday.

Categories / Appeals, Civil Rights, Regional

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