A Washington, D.C., judge ruled on Thursday that a man who took pictures up women’s skirts at the Lincoln Memorial did not violate her privacy, Washington area TV station WJLA reported.
“This Court finds that no individual clothed and positioned in such a manner in a public area in broad daylight in the presence of countless other individuals could have a reasonable expectation of privacy,” Judge Juliet McKenna wrote in her ruling dismissing the case against Christopher Cleveland.
McKenna wrote that in this case, Cleveland didn’t have to go to “extraordinary lengths” to take the pictures.
“The images captured were not ‘incidental glimpses’ and in fact were images that were exposed to the public without requiring any extraordinary lengths whatsoever, to view,” she wrote.
She did frown on Cleveland’s “repellent and disturbing” behavior, however.
In September, a Texas court overturned part of a law that banned taking upskirt photos “with intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of the defendant.”
In March, after a Massachusetts court ruled that that it was legal for someone to take upskirt photos on public transportation, the state legislature passed a ban on upskirt photos.
This judge should be removed from the bench immediately.
“A Washington, D.C., judge ruled on Thursday that a man who took pictures up women’s skirts at the Lincoln Memorial did not violate her privacy”
Since “women” is plural, “her” cannot refer to “women”. Since “man” is masculine, “her” cannot refer to “man”. Since “Lincoln Memorial” is inanimate, “her” cannot refer to “Lincoln Memorial”. That just leaves “judge”, and the judge in this case is female. Therefore, this article claims that in taking upskirt pictures of women at the Lincoln Memorial, Christopher Cleveland did not violate the privacy of Judge Juliet McKenna.
Get a copyeditor, TPM.
A woman has a right to walk anywhere anytime and expect that her privates will not be taken a picture of. So, the rights of this man to take pictures of women’s private parts over rules a women’s privacy to her private parts. Something is definitely wrong with this judge and anyone who thinks the way this judge does. She should be thrown off the bench.
You sound like you’d make a great conservative with that blanket condemnation.
Shorter Judge: Get a burqua.