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January 14, 2004
Stupidest thing I have heard in a while
Why is it that I am not suprised this happened in Indiana?
An Indianapolis woman faces obscenity and other charges after being arrested for driving around town with the mural of a naked woman on her sedan, police said.Indianapolis police took Erica Meredith, 25, into custody Thursday night following a Northeastside traffic stop when an officer saw the 3-by-5 foot airbrushed color portrait of a stripper at a dancing pole....
Meredith and Johnson both said the car usually sits locked in a garage because it was designed to make an impression at sport shows. She said her own car's transmission is not working, she had to borrow the vehicle Thursday night for a few errands: to get an infant to the emergency room and then to pick up her 8-year-old daughter from school.
"She rushed the baby to the emergency room," said Johnson, who spoke to the Star and the Star's newsgathering partner, WTHR-13. "She was crying and could not figure out what was wrong with her. From there she ...picked up our other child from the after school program."
"Now they want to put the D felony on a woman who has never been locked up before, works everyday."
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi on Monday filed a felony charge against a woman who drove a "centerfold on wheels" near a school.Erica Meredith, 25, was officially charged with disseminating matter harmful to minors -- a Class D felony that carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison -- for driving a 1976 Buick decorated with an airbrushed image of a stripper to school to pick up her daughter.
"I would concede it probably is a First Amendment issue, but not all First Amendment cases mean that you can't restrict the speech," Brizzi said. "Protecting third- and fourth-graders from a centerfold on wheels is one of those valid restrictions."
Meredith told The Star the car is registered in her name but belongs to her boyfriend. She said she drove it to pick up her 8-year-old daughter at Indianapolis Public School 83. She lives in the 4100 block of North Grand Avenue, about a block away from the school.
Meredith said she is not a fan of the image, but her boyfriend, Keyon Johnson, called it art.
Imagine if someone went streaking in Indianapolis. They'd probably get twenty five to life. In the meantime, in a slightly less isolated corner of the world, a new public sculpture was unveiled in Jamaica. No word if the death penalty will be sought.
Posted by Mike at January 14, 2004 12:32 AM
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