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A gay man was arrted for public nudy on Riis Beach on Inpennce Day.

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NYC MAN TACKLED, ARRTED, AT GAY BEACH FOR LETTG HIS TOWEL {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYJULY 5, 2016/7:22 PMBY DAN AVERYJULY 5, 2016 / 7:22 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NYC MAN TACKLED, ARRTED, AT GAY BEACH FOR LETTG HIS TOWEL SLIP","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-07-05T23:22:25.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-07-05T23:22:25.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OVER INPENNCE DAY, POLICE WERE FORCE ALONG THE TRADNALLY GAY SECTN OF THE BEACH AT JAB RIIS PARK, WHERE ONE GAY MAN WAS POUNCED ON AND ARRTED FOR BRIEFLY BEG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROOKLYN PHOTOGRAPHER KRYS FOX TOLD THE DAILY DOT HE WAS PHOTOGRAPHG SOMEONE FOR AN INSTAGRAM PHOTO SERI WHEN THE TOWEL HE HAD WRAPPED AROUND HIS WAIST DROPPED AND HE WAS MOMENTARILY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT BEFORE HE ULD REFASTEN , HE WAS TACKLED TO THE GROUND BY MULTIPLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I JT DIDN’T WRAP MY TOWEL AROUND MY WAIST TIGHT ENOUGH AND SUDNLY SLIPPED DOWN AND I LERALLY GOT SENT TO JAIL FOR ," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOX HAD REMOVED HIS BATHG SU TO LET TRY, BUT SAYS HE HAD NO TENTN OF GOG NAKED. THE POLICE HAD BEEN SWEEPG THE BEACH ALL DAY, ACRDG TO FOX, "ON HORS, UNIFORM [AND] {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIX UNIFORMED OFFICERS AND SEVERAL UNRVER PLACLOTH OFFICERS RRIED FOX OFF THE BEACH AS HE SCREAMED, "HELP ME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE WASN'T EVEN ALLOWED TO GET DRSED BEFORE HE WAS TAKEN TO JAIL, WHERE HE WAS FORCED TO WEAR A PAPER ROBE AS HE SAT A CELL FOR THREE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOX WAS ULTIMATELY CHARGED WH PUBLIC NUDY, DISORRLY NDUCT, TERFERG WH AGENCY FUNCTN AND DISOBEYG AN ORR, BEFORE BEG SENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RIIS BEACH IS A NATNAL PARK SERVICE AREA MONORED BY PARK POLICE, NOT THE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND NEIGHBORS OFTEN PLA, PECIALLY GAY BEACHGOERS AND NUDISTS. BUT VLENCE AND SER CRIME ARE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TECHNILLY NUDY IS ILLEGAL ON THE BEACH, THOUGH IS UALLY NOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I’D ALWAYS HEARD THAT WAS A CLOTHG-OPTNAL BEACH," FOX SAID. "I N’T EVEN BEG TO ANSWER WHY THEY CHOSE ME. I WASN’T G A SCENE, I WAS JT SHOOTG A PHOTO OF SOMEONE LIKE I ALWAYS DO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A POLICE SPOKPERSON SS FOX WAS ASKED POLELY TO LEAVE THE BEACH SEVERAL TIM BUT REFED. IT WAS THEN THAT FOX WAS ARRTED AND, WHEN HE RISTED, WAS RRIED TO A POLICE R ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ARRT WAS PTURED ON NUMERO VIOS POSTED ACROSS SOCIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REGULARS AT RIIS PLA THAT THE POLICE PRENCE HAS CREASED, THOUGH THERE ARE UALLY NO ARRTS. ON THE DAY FOX WAS TAKEN , WNS SAY POLICE TARGETED THE GAY SECTN OF THE BEACH EXCLIVELY, IGNORG OTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CINT JT AFTER RELATNS BETWEEN THE LGBT MUNY AND POLICE SEEMED TO BE IMPROVG NEW YORK: POLICE OFFICERS MARCHED THE NEW YORK PRI PARA, AND PROVID CREASED SECURY THE WAKE OF THE PULSE SHOOTG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A RECENT REPORT ON LGBT-RELATED PLATS AGAST THE NYPD FOUND THE NUMBER HAS DROPPED SIGNIFINTLY THE PAST FIVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ABOUT 1% OF ALL PLATS AGAST THE NYPD ARE BY LGBT PEOPLE, MOST VOLVG OFFICERS G ANTI-GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EARLIER TODAY, FOX POSTED ON FACEBOOK: "I'M STILL AN AMERIN. AND I STILL LOVE MY UNTRY. NO MATTER WHAT. BUT I'M GOG OFFLE FOR A WHILE—I'M OVERWHELMED AND NEED TO RT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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1982: Followg Homophobic Police Tnt And Arrt, AIDS Activist “No Longer Believed The Police Only Arrt Bad People.

And unfortunately, one of those was that gay people were bad.

But when I wasn’t at their home on the Upper Wt Si, I was out the streets and I was experiencg the gay male life of New York Cy.

DO CHRISTIANY HI S GAY STORI?

” Christopher Street the Wt Village was the nerve center of the gay muny.

They’re the on who are supposed to be protectg om many homophobic attacks and yet they’re jt as bad as our attackers.

So that really stuck wh me and that was one of the first bter lsons that I learned about everyday life the gay muny.

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1983: Gay Man Transns From Bathhoe Towel Boy To AIDS Activist. Beg a gay man of 22 years old New York Cy is an experience for anybody.

JONATHAN BENT SAYS ANTI-GAY BULLYG GAVE HIM ULCERS IN EMOTNAL THROWBACK POST

I was actually a producer of a TV show at the time on Manhattan ble that was dited to explorg gay life and lbian life New York Cy. AIDS was jt begng to bee a very mastream gay thg and I remember seeg a poster that appeared on the streets of New York Cy sayg, “First AIDS ndlelight vigil. When people ask me to rell my life as an AIDS activist and as a gay activist, as a gay journalist, as a fighter, you know, people are ually imprsed.

Any change their edorial policy and beg better about AIDS issu and gay issu would happen a few years later, you know, wh the change of edorship and change of staff there and the change of the tim, the change of the era, where people were a ltle b more sensive towards LGBTQ and AIDS issu. Over Inpennce Day, police were force along the tradnally gay sectn of the beach at Jab Riis Park, where one gay man was pounced on and arrted for briefly beg nu.

JONATHAN ROSS'S GAY 'JOKE' WAS WRONG

"He wasn't even allowed to get drsed before he was taken to jail, where he was forced to wear a paper robe as he sat a cell for three was ultimately charged wh public nudy, disorrly nduct, terferg wh agency functn and disobeyg an orr, before beg sent a Beach is a Natnal Park Service area monored by park police, not the New York Police Department, and neighbors often pla, pecially gay beachgoers and nudists. On the day Fox was taken , wns say police targeted the gay sectn of the beach exclively, ignorg other cint jt after relatns between the LGBT muny and police seemed to be improvg New York: Police officers marched the New York Pri para, and provid creased secury the wake of the Pulse shootg Orlando.

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