Dubbed \u0027Naked Athena\u0027, the woman performed a series of poses in front of the armed officers. Ten minutes later, they left the scene
Portland reporter Donavan Farley partly filmed the incident on his phone and posted the video on Twitter, captioning it, “And then Naked Athena appeared and the little boys didn’t know what to do.”
In Portland, public nudity is only illegal if done with the intent to arouse. Courts have also recognized the act as a form of political protest that overrides public decency laws. The city has been racked by anti-Black racism protests since the May 25 killing of George Floyd, after a video posted to social media showed a police officer with his knee on Floyd’s neck, fatally suffocating him.
About 1,500 demonstrators gathered Sunday night outside the federal courthouse. A group of 50 or so mothers dressed in yellow shirts showed up, at one point line-dancing together to a drum beat.Article content continued There were more people than the week before, with some in the crowd reinvigorated by the news of federal law enforcement officers potentially acting unlawfully in their city. Chants included “Feds go home!” and “No justice, no peace!”
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