2009-10-26
Wear Underwear At Home: Man Arrested for Being Naked At Home
UPDATE: Eric Williamson was found INNOCENT in court in 2010!
Does anybody else feel a bit uneasy with these charges? Regardless of whether Eric Williamson flashing his neighbors was incidental or deliberate, he was in his own home. I suppose you could argue that it would be illegal to paint a naked man on your window, so it should be equally illegal to be naked in your window. This actually reminds me of an episode of Rosanne where neighbors move in next door and walk around their house nude and they can be seen through the windows. The 'Conner Family' didn't call the police or press charges... they politely asked them to either close the shades or put on some clothes. To which the angry couple replied, "Why the heck are you looking in our windows? Perverts!"
Now, I have another question about this as well. Assuming you're reading this in the day time, look at somebody's house from the street or sidewalk. Can you see inside? Well, perhaps its atmospheric conditions in Northwest Indiana, but I can't. I remember when we were house hunting for my grandma, there was this empty place we wanted to see the inside of. I had to put my face against the glass and shade the glass in order to see in there, and even then it was barely visible.
Granted, if the lady and her son did that and this guy pressed his procreation organ up against the glass to respond to her nosiness, I can understand how she would be VERY offended. But otherwise, unless he had every light in the kitchen on plus some extra lamps from around the house, I don't see how they could have seen him flash them twice.
One amusing thing about this story that's being overlooked is the reaction of Eric Williamson's roommates. I mean, if your friend gets arrested on a charge he's disputing and a reporter asks you, "What's your friend like?" The absolute last words out of your mouth should be, "Oh! He was totally plastered when we left that morning! Completely drunk!" With friends like that who will sell you out to the media in a heartbeat, who the heck needs nosy neighbors?
Archived Comments
Wickle
First of all, I have a problem with the police going around asking for people to complain. If they don't care enough to come forward, then the police have no reason to go looking for them. THAT bothers me at least as much as anything else.
Moreover ... I can see a concern if the house is particularly exposed. I don't see that in this case.
Ultimately, I'm going to have to say that this guy is within his rights, because he was in his house and had a reasonable expectation of privacy. Maybe HE should be pressing charges against these people peeking into his windows. Isn't that a violation of HIS rights?
Travis Gearhart
I don't know, my wife yells at me all the time for walking around the house naked with the huge picture window in the living room, so I have little room to make judgment :) lol
