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Mayor: Erykah Badu should be charged for ‘naked’ music video
Strip naked in public and the police might just have an ‘issue’ with you.
Apparently it doesn’t matter if you are neo soul sister # 1 Erykah Badu.
Dallas police are “definitely considering” disorderly conduct charges against the eccentric singer for her controversial “Window Seat” video, according to a police sergeant quotes in a Entertainment Weekly blog.
They have spoken to a witness and are looking for others who saw the Dallas native’s ‘body parts’ as stripped down at Dealey Plaza during the making of the video.
Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway told WFAA-TV that he will do what he can to make sure nothing like this ever happens again. The city is reexamining its laws.
“I don’t think it’s going to be something she would go to jail behind, but certainly the message has to be sent,” Caraway told the TV station.
In the video released online, Badu sheds clothes as she walks on a Dallas sidewalk until falling naked near where President Kennedy was murdered in 1963.
Some people were upset that children witnessed Badu’s act. (See video from the AP below.)
For her part, Badu said it was art.
She tweeted: “i would never disrespect JFK . his revolutionary thinking is my inspiration. my performance art has been grossly misinterpreted by many.”
As for the charges, Badu tweeted “No one has pressd charges . All propaganda . Dont believe everything u hear . Fall back soldiers . EveryTING fine.”
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By Xiphosura
April 2, 2010 7:51 PM | Link to this
The mayor of Dallas needs to get a life.
By Xiphosura
April 2, 2010 7:57 PM | Link to this
I guess the residents of Dallas have never seen an attractive woman naked before.
By she is ugly
April 2, 2010 9:07 PM | Link to this
Don’t give anymore attention… it was a publicity stunt and she is gross. Looks like somebody wrote on her back. That’s gross too! Teach her some social decency so she doesn’t act like she’s in the jungle.
By Chris
April 2, 2010 10:19 PM | Link to this
Get Real. Erykah is smokin’ hot, and some people just don’t understand art.
By Jay
April 2, 2010 11:50 PM | Link to this
Only in a Conservative state where they would have a problem with this and would go beyond to charge her. Typical. If it was Cali there would be no problem. They have naked beaches for one. WE weren’t born with clothes on!
By Art Critic
April 3, 2010 8:37 AM | Link to this
Why do I always miss the better “art” in the world?
By Bruce Cox
April 3, 2010 12:08 PM | Link to this
you are missing the point kids were there, while being nude in areas marked for that,is fine, certain areas are not, would it be performance art if she did it at someones funeral?