Well, I'll be tie-dyed!
Posted on 05/18/2005 5:34:09 PM PDT by pissant
Police found a so-called "skirt cam" under a subway grate at 88th Street and Lexington Avenue Tuesday afternoon after a woman called police saying she had noticed suspicious wires protruding from the grate as she passed by.
Police closed off the street, fearing the device was a bomb, but soon realized that it was a four-inch multi-media video camera that was pointing upward and recording passers-by.
The camera was attached to an external hard-drive, making it possible for the video to be saved and then uploaded onto the Internet.
Investigators do not consider the camera to be a threat to public safety, but they do consider it a threat to individual privacy.
Some passersby in the neighborhood who spoke to NY1 said they would think twice before ever walking over a grate again.
"It's pretty awful. It really is. I think that I walk over that every single day, but she actually wears skirts more than I do," said one woman, referring to another woman with her. "I happen to have one on today. I'm so glad that I was wearing pants [the rest of the time.]"
"It's really weird that people would actually do this," said a young girl. "I think it's disgusting."
"I generally don't walk on grates," said another woman, who added that she definitely won't be walking over grates from now on.
Police sources say investigators are looking into the possibility the camera was installed by MTA workers.
The California company that manufactures the camera says it will work with police to trace the serial number back to its owner.
A few years ago, Governor George Pataki signed a law making "video voyeurism" a felony offense in New York State, meaning the person responsible for installing the camera could face up to seven years in prison if convicted.
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Is this "Candid Camera 2005"?
Well, I'll be tie-dyed!
we'll have to check the footage to be sure...
nowadays?? in new yawk city?? it would be a shriek of joy probably!!!!!!
Did you see the size of that mole?!
Is NYC full of poofers too?
URLs, dammit! We want URLs!
disGrateful!
;-)
It's just the Seattle area. The rest of Washington is Gods country!
Hehehehe
URLs?
Undies
Rears
Legs
Hey Bevis, they found my camera.
Yeah but you were eyeing little girls with bad intent lol
You can bet the MSM won't make the connection.
The police (who planted the camera in the first place) are reviewing the contents of the hard drive so they can identify the victims.
Now I might, I say might, be guilty of eyeing these girls. But only when my wife isn't looking ya understand.
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