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An RCMP officer wrongly threatened a B.C. woman to wear her top, stating that being topless was illegal. According to Susan Rowbottom, she was also misinformed again twice by two other officials that claimed she had broken a law.
Explaining more about the incident, Rowbottom revealed that she was tanning topless with a friend last week on a beach in Kelowna, B.C., when a male RCMP officer asked her to “put your top on.” She complied but inquired “why? Is there a reason, a law or anything?” The officer replied that it was against a city ordinance and so did a female officer when she called the police station and the bylaw officials. However, eventually she received a call from a city clerk correctly informing that “it’s perfectly legal.” It was highlighted that being topless is legal in B.C. since 2000 when a woman named Linda Meyer beat charges related to a Maple Ridge, B.C., bylaw that outlawed exposed female nipples. Consequently, Kelowna RCMP Cpl. Joe Duncan alleged that police “may suggest to the person to put their top on,” but that it’s up to them to “make the ultimate decision.”
Recently three Ontario sisters were also told by a male police officer to cover up as they biked around shirtless on Saturday. In Ontario, women have the legal right to expose breasts since 1991. In response to these incidents, Waterloo women have planned pro-topless demonstration Saturday in support of the three sisters and to remind the public of that fact.
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