Comments on: Boulder Naked Pumpkin Runners = Sex Offenders? COME ON!

By: R

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:42:16 +0000

Ok, we all know that so much of what Gov does is all about revenues (i.e. excessive traffic tickets at the end of every month). So, my suggestion is why doesn’t the Boulder City Gov establish a permit to be a naked pumkin runner? This creates a win-win situation, anyone that wants to run buys a permit for say $100 and can run with impunity, the PD just checks runners for valid permits and tickets those that don’t have the proper permit, the PD dept gets the permit revenues, the police get paid overtime for monitoring the situation and everyone is happy and forget charging people with ridiculus crimes since its really all about money.

By: R

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:22:41 +0000

Man, I wish we had a naked pumpkin run in Texas…:( but law enforcement people have no sense of humor, they need to lighten up. Charging these streakers as sex offenders is excessive, the type of thing that happened in Nazi Germany and in the Eastern Block countries during the Cold War. Next thing LE will be doing is charging nursing mothers as sex offenders! America wake up, we need common sense here!

By: George

George — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:36:10 +0000

Ooops. Not only is the article to which I commented from 2008 (last year,) I researched the wrong C.R.S. Regardless, I think its a stretch (albeit a shorter stretch than with C.R.S. § 18-7-301) to argue that the Pumpkin Run amounts to indecent exposure since the conduct need to be LIKELY to cause “affront or alarm” to another person. Plus, the Wall Street Journal says this: “It’s not illegal to be naked in downtown Boulder. In fact, the city has had a long, proud history of nudity.” I guess a “history” of nudity doesn’t trump the law but it’s a shame we’ve become a nation of so many laws and regulations…

By: George

George — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:15:28 +0000

Great article! In response to your request for a citation, one major news publication, the Wall Street Journal, did mention the dire consequences of being found guilty of indecent exposure in Colorado. Here’s a link to their coverage: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125693458626119361.html. You may need an account to read it so email me if you want a copy and I’ll CaP it. However, I’m not concerned that any of the 12 will be found guilty of indecent exposure since, according to Colorado state law 18-7-302, the acts that qualify as indecent exposure are: (a) An act of sexual intercourse; (b) An act of deviate sexual intercourse; (c) A lewd exposure of the body done with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desire of any person; and (d) A lewd fondling or caress of the body of another person. Clearly, the Pumpkin run doesn’t fall under any of these acts but, the part the D.A. will likely TRY to use against the runners is: “A lewd exposure of the body done with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desire of any person.” First off, no one in their right mind will argue that the act is lewd (lustful, licentious, lascivious, dirty, prurient, salacious, lubricious, libidinous; debauched, depraved, degenerate, decadent, dissipated, dissolute, perverted, or wanton) and intention is tough to prove regardless of the fact that I doubt anyone was “aroused” or had their “…sexual desire[s]…” “…satisfied.”

By: stanooch

stanooch — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:54:05 +0000

Ever wonder why there is such a proliferation of laws, and tougher enforcement of those laws at some times more than others? We must remember that every conviction provides a source of revenue for the government. Not only will those people be “labeled” as something they clearly are not, but there will be fines, court fees, monitoring and all associated costs will be paid by the “violator.”

By: Plea Bargains in Process for Boulder’s Naked Pumpkin Runners — contentious.com

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:09:14 +0000

[...] is exactly the point. As I reported earlier, in Colorado an indecent exposure conviction means mandatory sex offender registration. This can [...]

By: Boulder Police DID Have Options: Disorderly Conduct Citation — contentious.com

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:58:15 +0000

[...] to the Daily Camera, and to blogger David Thielen. Furthermore, as I told the Camera yesterday and blogged earlier, the jubilant mood of the Halloween crowd swiftly turned negative and potentially dangerous only [...]

By: AG

AG — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:32:16 +0000

I’m finding the Boulder Police response to harmless fun more than surreal. Their response is a waste of tax money, time, attention and can only be viewed as seriously mean-spirited aggression. As one who just returned to the US after living a decade abroad, I’m questioning what kind of environment in which I found myself. Most other western cultures carry a casual acceptance of nudity while the US seems to have moved in the opposite direction. There is no link between nudity and violence and many links between acceptance of nudity in parents and children with lower incidences of teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and criminal behavior. So how could it be possible that a law exists in Colorado linking of sexual offenders with nudists? Did those law-makers switch their brains off when they wrote that legislation?

Thank you for your thorough reporting; I will be following this case closely.

By: 12 Naked Pumpkin Runners Named, Camera Catches Up — contentious.com

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:26:35 +0000

[...] after much prodding from local bloggers (including me) and commenters on its site, the Boulder Daily Camera finally reported that the streakers who got [...]

By: fish

fish — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:38:00 +0000

Amy – hadn’t had time to check out this well-reported post – but saw the Camera noted this problem today… tho i suspect these pumpkin runner’s and Alice’s son will get a chance to plea to a lesser offense, it seems like parts of Colorado are having an issue with this problem. i don’t want to see the guy routinely jogging down the street (be he priest or not) naked. The occasional football game streaker or naked pumpkin runner (ick to inside of pumpkin!) or the summer naked bike ride, not so much… But i’m sure there are those offended by the latter (tho are they around to witness the events? likely not)…
anyway, it IS an issue that needs to be addressed…