'Big brother needs a hobby' - Via Colleen
(from the Cleveland Plain Dealer):
Peep-show booths must install cameras
Cleveland council orders shops to monitor sexual activity
Friday, June 10, 2005
Michael Sangiacomo
Plain Dealer Reporter
Cleveland City Council decided it takes a peep show to crack down on peep shows.
Council unanimously passed a law this week ordering the city's adult bookstores to install video cameras in each peep-show booth to monitor what goes on.
Ron O'Leary, a Cleveland chief assistant director of code enforcement, said Thursday that council members were shocked last year to learn that some men masturbate while watching X-rated movies in the private booths.
He said they were also chagrined to learned that sometimes two men may engage in sexual acts in a booth.
"Any kind of sexual activity in a booth constitutes lewd behavior,"
said O'Leary. "Sexual activity includes masturbation or sex between two people. There is a law that forbids this activity in public and allows the city to close the business down where it occurs."
The cameras will only show images of peep-show customers between the neck and knees.
If a person is observed touching himself in a booth, O'Leary said it is up to the store employees to make him stop, or to call police.
O'Leary said each video store is responsible for buying, installing and maintaining the cameras. In addition, each store must keep five days' worth of recordings and allow them to be examined by city officials at any time.
The city ordinance further demands that the video monitor that receives transmissions from the booths be placed in full public view so that anyone in the store will be able to see what is happening behind closed doors.
O'Leary said the city does not plan to prosecute individuals performing the acts, only the shops allowing the acts to occur.
Each booth will have a sign warning people that they are being watched and recorded.
Cleveland attorney Jeremy Rosenbaum, who represents the city's three adult bookstores with video booths, declined to comment.
O'Leary said the ordinance is part of a compromise with Rosenbaum that negates a previous council plan for all doors to peep-show booths be removed.
"Doesn't City Council have anything better to do?" asked Chris Link, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio.
"They ought to be ashamed of themselves."
Link said the ACLU would not get involved in the case since "there is no First Amendment right to masturbate."
Peep-show booths must install cameras
Cleveland council orders shops to monitor sexual activity
Friday, June 10, 2005
Michael Sangiacomo
Plain Dealer Reporter
Cleveland City Council decided it takes a peep show to crack down on peep shows.
Council unanimously passed a law this week ordering the city's adult bookstores to install video cameras in each peep-show booth to monitor what goes on.
Ron O'Leary, a Cleveland chief assistant director of code enforcement, said Thursday that council members were shocked last year to learn that some men masturbate while watching X-rated movies in the private booths.
He said they were also chagrined to learned that sometimes two men may engage in sexual acts in a booth.
"Any kind of sexual activity in a booth constitutes lewd behavior,"
said O'Leary. "Sexual activity includes masturbation or sex between two people. There is a law that forbids this activity in public and allows the city to close the business down where it occurs."
The cameras will only show images of peep-show customers between the neck and knees.
If a person is observed touching himself in a booth, O'Leary said it is up to the store employees to make him stop, or to call police.
O'Leary said each video store is responsible for buying, installing and maintaining the cameras. In addition, each store must keep five days' worth of recordings and allow them to be examined by city officials at any time.
The city ordinance further demands that the video monitor that receives transmissions from the booths be placed in full public view so that anyone in the store will be able to see what is happening behind closed doors.
O'Leary said the city does not plan to prosecute individuals performing the acts, only the shops allowing the acts to occur.
Each booth will have a sign warning people that they are being watched and recorded.
Cleveland attorney Jeremy Rosenbaum, who represents the city's three adult bookstores with video booths, declined to comment.
O'Leary said the ordinance is part of a compromise with Rosenbaum that negates a previous council plan for all doors to peep-show booths be removed.
"Doesn't City Council have anything better to do?" asked Chris Link, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio.
"They ought to be ashamed of themselves."
Link said the ACLU would not get involved in the case since "there is no First Amendment right to masturbate."
posted by Colette at 9:58 AM
2 Comments:
"Ron O'Leary, a Cleveland chief assistant director of code enforcement, said Thursday that council members were shocked last year to learn that some men masturbate while watching X-rated movies in the private booths."
They were shocked??? What the fuck did they expect?! Oh well...must have been some old women who don't have a clue about male behavior. YES, WE BURP, PISS AND MASTERBATE IN PUBLIC. Jesus Christ...
some uneducated citizens (of the third world) do happen to resort to pissing in public (along the walls) .. its disgusting ..
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