wait... you can't wear a "costume" in NYC w/out a permit??

MFK: wait... you can't wear a "costume" in NYC w/out a permit??

Halloween must be held at county lockup every year.

MFK: wait... you can't wear a "costume" in NYC w/out a permit??

Welcome to your free country, citizen.
Pay up, shut up, and move along.
/you get what you deserve when you refuse to fight for freedom.

I guess Hallowe'en is a real revenue generator, eh?

/oh, they don't enforce the law that day?
//hypocrites

Good... we finally got those vigilantes behind bars where they belong!

You're free to do and say whatever they tell you it's okay.

/Hi
//Welcome to America
///The land of retards that think freedom is a catch phrase

Wouldn't try walking those streets in a man-kini either.

MFK: wait... you can't wear a "costume" in NYC w/out a permit??

New York is one of several states that do not protect that right. Florida, fortunately, *is*, though that didn't keep cops from arresting a guy who dresses as Batman down in Tampa.

Police are very bad at knowing the laws they are supposed to be enforcing.

Do I need a permit if I'm a real superhero?

Not defending the cops on this one, HOWEVER, from TFA, they were trying to find out if the two were street performers - which DOES require a permit - when Superman freaked out. They let Batman go, and probably would have let Superman go, too if he hadn't eaten some bad kryptonite.

vudukungfu

MFK: wait... you can't wear a "costume" in NYC w/out a permit??

Welcome to your free country, citizen.
Pay up, shut up, and move along.
/you get what you deserve when you refuse to fight for freedom.

It sounds like Superman was fighting for freedom,and lost.

They should know not to do this, especially after the Keene Act. By the way, did they arrest Rorschach yet?

FTA: "[Batman] walked off with the Statue of Liberty."

Giggity.

I thought this sort of thing only happened in Bush's amerika, or Ghouliani's New York.

This was a law passed in a democratic republic, where citizens elected, of their own free will, asshats who chose to legislate what those citizens are allowed to wear.

Proving, as our leftie friends already secretly know in their little dark hearts, that democracy != freedom.

/Ya rly.
//Get on Indymedia, and see how many times the words "freedom" or "liberty" are mentioned.

...and then the Invisible Man said, "I don't know what it was either, but my arse sure hurts."

/veal
//try it

What happens when Obama visits NY? Does he get arrested for dressing up as a Democratic Christian??

When did NYC become part of the USA?

I hadn't realised that costumed heroes had anything to do with bringing down the WTC. This is why I don't read any comics newer than silver age.

That girlie cop is on top of Supes is kind of cute. I would've wrestled around with her for a bit.

FTFA: Their comic-book adventure went awry when cops approached the dynamic duo on 43rd Street to see whether they had the required license to perform in costume in public, Frisoli said.

So, earlier in the article it said they were walking around, dressed up, for laughs. And then the cops thought they were street performers.

Now, I can see how they would attract attention (Batman and Superman, not exactly blending in like Agent Smith), but walking around in a costume isn't a street performance. It's being silly and walking around in a costume. Now, if they had a cap out, and were taking money while putting on skits, that's performing.

It sounds like some idiot cops just wanted to bust the Man of Steel and the Caped Crusader. They didn't even keep Batman in custody or charge him with anything, it was Superman that got slapped with fines after resisting arrest.

/Keene Act
//Always enforced, apparently

In their defense I don't think they need ID to determine if they are street performers.

It took SEVEN police officers to subdue one dork in a superman costume?

/Thinks this MIGHT be an appropriate time to taze someone instead. How long did it take to muster up SEVEN officers of the law to tackle him. In the picture, it didn't look like girly cop was doing much more than laying on top of him while big poppa cop was just laying over her cuffing him. (I'm sure he was enjoying it too).

And as for the permit thing, wtf. It doesn't seem the appropriate action to immediately arrest the offenders, this seems like warning type situation like this:

Officer: Hello citizen, I should inform you it is against the law to perform in the street in costume without a permit, do you have one? (probably knowing full well they don't)

Dork: Really? oh, well, I don't have a permit, I didn't know you needed one to wear a sweet-ass superman costume and bring merriment to the people of NYC.

This is where the story could and did diverge from logic...

Officer uses Tackle!
It's super effective!
Dork was defeated!

"Begorah, Commisioner, it's the Dynamic Duo gone bad for sure!"

"Calm down O'Hara, this is obviously the trick of some fiendish felon such as the Joker, that drated clown prince of crime."

Knows that Godzilla doesn't care what humans do.

This actually reminds me of the time I was going to a party. It was late October and I saw three guys run up Broadway towards Astor Place. The two guys in the back were dressed as prisoners and the guy in the front was dressed in a certain red suit with a lightning bolt on his chest. As he ran past me, he shouted "YOU CAN'T CATCH ME! I'M THE FLASH!"

If you can be arrested in America for wearing low-riding pants then wearing your underpants on the outside is just asking for trouble.

Wanted for questioning.



Seen wringing hands and cackling.

its been illegal to dress as a super hero in NYC since the Keene Act back in 1977

WTF is this sh*t? You have to have a license to wear a costume now in NYC? Do they arrest everyone on Halloween? It's bad enough you can be arrested for dancing in bar in NYC and now this.

You can't wear a costume in New York? New York? Seriously? What, is it just too weird? Might scare the children? Hell, I see stranger things in Kansas on a daily basis and nobody gets arrested.

dan78: its been illegal to dress as a super hero in NYC since the Keene Act back in 1977

Came for this

Quis custodiat ipsos custodies

Which political party should I support if I want small government? I'm not a fan of the NSA tapping my phone or the government printing $1 trillion of monopoly money each year to pay for things they can't actually afford.

Officer: Hello citizen, I should inform you it is against the law to perform in the street in costume without a permit, do you have one? (probably knowing full well they don't)

"Walking" hardly constitutes a 'performance'.

So it was


vs.



?

And Batman cooperated while Superman resisted arrest?



disapproves

pugsleythegreat: It took SEVEN police officers to subdue one dork in a superman costume?

Ever tried to hold someone down and cuff them when they didnt want to be cuffed? It is damn near impossible.

Unknown_Poltroon: pugsleythegreat: It took SEVEN police officers to subdue one dork in a superman costume?

Ever tried to hold someone down and cuff them when they didnt want to be cuffed? It is damn near impossible.

especially when their powers are made stronger from our yellow sun

madblader: You're free to do and say whatever they tell you it's okay.

/Hi
//Welcome to America
///The land of retards that think freedom is a catch phrase

We were told Freedom is a country over by Spain. They fry potatoes over there. Very strange culture. Though the terrurists must be kind of retarded- if they hate Freedom so much why are they messing with us? They're not even on the right continent!

I guess this is what they mean when they speak of the 'fashion police'.

Wow, you could be on your way to a costume theme party and wind up arrested for it.

Ha, I saw Superman yesterday. He was playing patriotic marching music at full volume on a ghetto blaster near Herald Sq. Glad he's in prison.

As absurd as it sounds to arrest these guys for wearing costumes, I'm not sure this is telling the whole story. I saw a couple of guys in superhero costumes on 42nd and Bway two days ago putting on a very amateurish show on the corner they blocked out for tourists to sit. It would not surprise me to learn it is the same guys.

Not to say the NYPD isn't prone to fascism in this post-9/11 Giuliani world. NOthing those guys love more than picking on easy marks.

Man, first you can't have firearms there, and now this?

NYC..the unfortunate urban sprawl between Upstate NY and the rest of the country. At least it still has some tall buildings, and the Statue of Liberty (which is being moved to an as-of-yet undeterminned state that still HAS liberty).

/Glad its OK to hate NY again.

In our post 9/11 world, I see plenty of women like Dust from the X-Men. They never seem to get hassled about their costumes...

For those saying "What is wrong with them running around in costumes", do remember that most of us here aren't visiting for shiats and giggles. When I'm trying to get across the street from my office for a slice of pizza or something, and I've got 2 dorks putting on a lame show from a bunch of Fatasses from Peoria who are impressed that a guy could scrounge up 100 bucks to rent an out of season haloween costume, and they are blocking the entire sidewalk doing so, I'm not going to shed a tear when they get pummled.

Besides, Times Square is, and forever will be, Naked Cowboy territory.

I work in Times Square, and we see performers dressed up all the time, there is a really annoying Elmo who is usually in front of our building.
These two people were not just I'm NYC, but from the photo, that red road is Broadway which has been closed to traffic. They mostly use the permit rule to get the bums who try this in The area. If they had showed ID's the cops would have just sent them on their way. I am also willing to bet people were taking photos with them, and possibly tipping them.
And no the cops do not go around during Halloween and check if people are performers. I walked through Times Square last year dressed as the grim reaper.

LineNoise "For those saying ...

Your panties. Unbunch them.

It's good to know that 7 police officers are protecting the citizens and visitors of New York City......

Oh right, 9/11 changed everything and allowed police to bully others.

"Do you have a permit to dress up?"

"Do you have ID?"

"Ok then instead of saying get out of here, I'm arresting you"

Where DOES one keep an ID in a Superman costume?

Of course you are allowed to walk around in costume. If they were walking around the Upper East Side or Riverside like that the cops probably wouldn't take a second look. But if you are walking around a highly touristy area people are going to wonder if it's some kind of show. And there is a concern that Times Square will turn into Hollywood Boulevard with costumed freaks trying to weasel money for taking pictures. It helps not freak out and punch a cop, unless you want to win a free trip to the pokey.

To be honest I didn't know that you needed a permit to perform in public in costume in NYC. I do know that you do not need a permit to sell books in the street. That's why Broadway in Upper West Side has used book seller are nearly every block.

Yeah, NYC is going to hell. Used to be you could wear whatever you want and be roundly and determinedly ignored.

Too much tourist mentality is what it is. Looking at stuff past 12" from your nose is not what made NYC great. Being aware of your farking fellowman when he is not in serious ass trouble is going to kill the soul of this town.

Agarista: Where DOES one keep an ID in a Superman costume?

Next to the pouch for the meow mix?

"To protect and to serve."

"Land of the free and the home of the brave."



Those thoughts just popped into my head.

I don't know why.

I thought you were not suppose to tug on Superman's cape.

NYC used to be cool.

Guiliani ruined NYC. He made it all Disney and kid friendly. NYC used to be one of the few cities more or less designed for adults.

It was going down when he was mayor and then 9/11 gave them the excuse to ruin the rest. Smoking bans.

A NYC Rock club with no smoking ????????WTF is that. Great thanks now I can smell the piss perfectly.

Spiderman and Batman once bought tacos in front of me at the Taco Bell in New Rochelle, NY. It was sort of surreal as it occured in the middle of the day. The place was empty and none of the employees or I even looked at them or said a word about it. No idea what that was about. Their outfits were excellent though and not cheapo Holloween costumes.

St. Andrewfarker: I thought you were not suppose to tug on Superman's cape.

You're also not supposed to piss into the wind.

Tachikoma 2009-07-10 10:10:48 AM
St. Andrewfarker: I thought you were not suppose to tug on Superman's cape.

You're also not supposed to piss into the wind.

piss nice, spitting in the wind is not a good idea either.

Not sure about the headline though:

Dressing up as Superman is fine.

Punching a cop is not fine.

Punching a woman cop with men cops around is double not fine.

Daniels: Dressing up as Superman is fine.

Punching a cop is not fine.

THIS. WTF, did nobody RTFA?

Approves.


He doesn't want a bunch of weirdos hanging around Time Square.

I did RTFA.

"When they said no, cops asked for IDs. Again, they answered no, which prompted cops to handcuff Batman."

So you can be cuffed for not presenting ID? I understand Superman getting arrested after throwing punches, but if I refuse to provide ID then I'm facedown on the pavement, cuffed?

But a crowd of police took him down and brought him to a special Fortress of Solitude -- the Midtown South station house.

Meanwhile, Batman left with another costumed character, said Melba Williams, a tourist from Tennessee.

"He walked off with the Statue of Liberty."

best part of the article, for sure.

give me doughnuts: Approves.


He doesn't want a bunch of weirdos hanging around Time Square.

Demand equal time for the Naked Cowgirl --

I think the funniest part of this story is the image of Superman running down the street screaming "I'm not going to get arrested!"

Just thinking about it is cracking me up...

/I'da been all "Just fly away, Kal! They can't touch you!"

Watch out for Ybor City Batman. I used to run into this guy at concerts and by The Castle.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/bizarre/article855246.ece

Bolo Jungle: Not defending the cops on this one, HOWEVER, from TFA, they were trying to find out if the two were street performers - which DOES require a permit - when Superman freaked out. They let Batman go, and probably would have let Superman go, too if he hadn't eaten some bad kryptonite.

And if Batman wasn't white, they would have taken him in to do a criminal check before letting him go.

I knew I should have taken a picture with Superman when I saw him walking down Broadway at around 3. With all that long hippy hair and a soft face though, I thought he was a girl from far away.

Good costume though, I don't think the cops should have bothered him, when I saw him he was just walking and talking to people, not "performing" which I guess is subject to opinion.

Also had a presentation at my job by the ACLU who said it is not illegal to not have ID on you if you are a US Citizen, police can ask you questions but only detain you if they have reasonable suspicion that you did/have something illegal or about to do so....but yeah punching the officer in the face, if true, was not cool.

Once again, cops showing their true, ignorant colors. I'd be willing to bet the superman idiot did nothing more than talk back to the officer which apparently is grounds for a beating these days.

RickN99: I did RTFA.

"When they said no, cops asked for IDs. Again, they answered no, which prompted cops to handcuff Batman."

So you can be cuffed for not presenting ID? I understand Superman getting arrested after throwing punches, but if I refuse to provide ID then I'm facedown on the pavement, cuffed?

Since the time Guiliani was Mayor, yes they can take you in for not having ID. Granted it's up to the officer whether or not they decide to take them in to the precinct to do a criminal check, take a guess which citizen's are more likely to be taken in.

therealbmag: give me doughnuts: Approves.


He doesn't want a bunch of weirdos hanging around Time Square.

Demand equal time for the Naked Cowgirl --

SHE GONNA GET RAPED!

therealbmag: give me doughnuts: Approves.


He doesn't want a bunch of weirdos hanging around Time Square.

Demand equal time for the Naked Cowgirl --


Apparently there's more than one naked cowgirl, the one I saw was older than this one.

Latinwolf: RickN99: I did RTFA.

"When they said no, cops asked for IDs. Again, they answered no, which prompted cops to handcuff Batman."

So you can be cuffed for not presenting ID? I understand Superman getting arrested after throwing punches, but if I refuse to provide ID then I'm facedown on the pavement, cuffed?

Since the time Guiliani was Mayor, yes they can take you in for not having ID. Granted it's up to the officer whether or not they decide to take them in to the precinct to do a criminal check, take a guess which citizen's are more likely to be taken in.

I read that police being able to require an ID was a USA thing not a NYC thing. There was a supreme court decision a few years back which set the precedent. I think the initial case actually came out of Nevada. I don't remember the specifics and am too drunk to look it up, but perhaps someone here knows what I'm talking about?

That said, NYC is no fun anymore. Requiring a license for a bum to be a creative bum is retarded. All the whiners saying "but people will block the street, I can't get to my coffee fast enough" can go move to Delaware, they have plenty of offices there.

What? My I.D.?

Worst episode of "The Brave and The Bold" ever.

I'm surpised no one made light of the female cop's expression in the superhero pile-up:

They should have been savin' the world from Solomon Grundy. We'll never see a man like him, again.

Freakjob_0: I'm surpised no one made light of the female cop's expression in the superhero pile-up:

Kryptonite went where?

There was a supreme court decision a few years back which set the precedent...perhaps someone here knows what I'm talking about?

Served fresh for your convenience:

http://www.papersplease.org/wp/

therealbmag: give me doughnuts: Approves.


He doesn't want a bunch of weirdos hanging around Time Square.

Demand equal time for the Naked Cowgirl --

She need to tighten up that ass if she gonna be shakin' it out in public.

Freakjob_0: I'm surpised no one made light of the female cop's expression in the superhero pile-up:

I'm surprised no one mentioned how freaking hot female cops are.

/Just me then?

a trident would have come in handy.