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Colorado Newspaper Says "Naked Pumpkin Run" Streakers Are Not Sex Offenders

By Corey Rayburnyung

A Colorado newspaper is running an editorial asking that a dozen streakers who were arrested in Boulder's annual Naked Pumpkin Run not be charged with indecent exposure, as it "carries the penalty of having to register as a sex offender."  From The Rocky Mountain News:You would have thought that, after letting 60 birthday-suited cyclists pedal through the streets of Boulder in June, that city's police chief would have turned the other cheek when it came to the 10th annual Naked Pumpkin Run. But whereas none of the daytime World Naked Bike Ride participants (who protested America's dependence on foreign oil) were charged with a crime - "I think the police department tries to reflect the values of our community. . . . I think our community values are pretty tolerant of civil disobedience," Boulder police Chief Mark Beckner told The Daily Camera after the mass spokes streak - the pumpkin heads could face serious punishment that doesn't fit the prank...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on November 13, 2008 (boomark / email).