In Badu's video for "Window Seat," she strolled Dealey Plaza removing her layers of clothes until she was completely nude. According Badu’s Twitter page, the controversial video was filmed in one take. She walked through the plaza prior to taping to set up the shot and then arranged to meet her videographer the following day. In order to have shot the video legally, she would have had to have a police officer present while filming, which wouldn’t have been allowed on Dealey Plaza anyway.
“This happened almost two weeks ago and it's hard to prosecute someone who is charged with a Class B or C misdemeanor, someone would have had to call the cops right away and filed charges right then, but right now it’s probably not going to happen.”-Senior Corpal Janice Crowther, a spokeswoman for the Dallas Police Department
Public nudity in Dallas is considered a Class B misdemeanor, which is punishable with up to 180 days of jail time and a maximum $2,000 fine. But, if Badu had been arrested, she would have been charged with a Class A misdemeanor—because children were present—fined up to $4,000 and face a maximum of one year in prison for indecent exposure.
“She got up and ran away so fast,” says Crowther. “People were too distracted and shocked to call 9-1-1 [but] even if they did, this is a hard case to prove because any witness who comes forward would have to prove they were there.
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