Bend PD releases body cam footage of response to public nudity call after viral video (archive)
By Steele Haugen
Published: June 6th, 2024 at 5:40 UTC
A one-minute viral video of a Bend homeowner getting upset about Oregon nudity laws after an incident with a neighbor may only tell a small part of the story. Police on Thursday released more than 20 minutes of body camera footage from the officer who responded to Tuesday's call.
That neighbor called police after a woman, wearing only an unbuttoned dress shirt, walked up to his house while his two-year old was outside. When police arrived, that father could not believe it when the officer told him what the woman did was not illegal. He took a video of the officer explaining the law and posted a TikTok clip -- a video that has been viewed by millions.
Bend Police say that short clip is not the whole story.
"There's a lot more give and take in that conversation that officer has with the caller than what he captures in one minute," said Bend Police Communications Manager Sheila Miller.
Police released Officer Jeremy Avery's body camera video Thursday so that everyone could see the entire interaction between the father and Avery.
Once the man was told of the actual laws in Oregon -- that nudity in public is legal unless it's done in a lewd manner -- his reaction was anger and disbelief.
"I need to get a record of you saying that because when I tell my wife, she's not going to believe that," the homeowner said.
"I can show you the ORS (Oregon Revised Statute)," responded Avery.
"You're saying in the state of Oregon, someone can walk up to your two-year-old kid completely bare naked, and that's not a crime, even if it's on your property," asked the homeowner.
"Correct .. Well, so it's trespassing," Avery said. The officer also presented another scenario.
"If I jumped the fence at a school and I walk up to a playground full of kids naked? Not OK," Avery said. "But somebody approaching the front of your house and there's a child outside and they leave when they're told, they haven't committed a crime."
The neighbors told the officer they'd had run-ins with the woman several times before. In this case, the homeowner was furious with the officer's lack of action against the woman, despite knowing she was having some kind of mental crisis at the time.
"If it's the laws that we have here, or if it's you guys not having the willingness to do something about it, as far as I'm concerned, you guys are all just (expletive) worthless pigs," the man told the officer. "This is ridiculous.”
When officers arrived at the scene, the woman was already gone, but they caught up with her at her home about a block away hoping to have a conversation about the incident.
"You mind if we talk," asked the officers.
"No, I don't want to chat with you guys," the woman responded.
"Why not," they asked.
"I just don't feel like it" the woman responded. "I don't feel good."
Officer Avery continued, "Walking around naked and approaching people's front doors when they have children outside is not going to be tolerated. Okay? You're going to be trespassed from all of this property. All three of these units. If you go back, you will be arrested,"
The woman went back into the home before officers could finish their statement. The officers left after offering the woman a list of places to go for mental health assistance.
Avery then returned to the homeowner who made the call to explain the woman had been warned. The homeowner, who was calmer at this point, continued to express how upset he was with the law.
"I feel like I need to move away from this terrible, terrible state," he said. "This (expletive) seems to just get worse and worse and worse."
Avery said he had responded to calls about public nudity before and told the homeowner that, as a police officer, his job is to enforce the laws.
"I can't bend the law for my opinion," Avery said.
Central Oregon Daily's Travis Pittman contributed to this report.
Big thanks to @Alaric the Visigoth for posting the original TikTok in the MATI thread.
The full 26:45-minute bodycam video is too big to archive locally (I tried), but I've archived the YouTube upload of it here, and you can download the .mp4 here. The relevant Oregon statute (ORS 163.465 - Public indecency) can be found here, and is archived here.
Fuck the police, all cops are faggots.
By Steele Haugen
Published: June 6th, 2024 at 5:40 UTC
A one-minute viral video of a Bend homeowner getting upset about Oregon nudity laws after an incident with a neighbor may only tell a small part of the story. Police on Thursday released more than 20 minutes of body camera footage from the officer who responded to Tuesday's call.
That neighbor called police after a woman, wearing only an unbuttoned dress shirt, walked up to his house while his two-year old was outside. When police arrived, that father could not believe it when the officer told him what the woman did was not illegal. He took a video of the officer explaining the law and posted a TikTok clip -- a video that has been viewed by millions.
Bend Police say that short clip is not the whole story.
"There's a lot more give and take in that conversation that officer has with the caller than what he captures in one minute," said Bend Police Communications Manager Sheila Miller.
Police released Officer Jeremy Avery's body camera video Thursday so that everyone could see the entire interaction between the father and Avery.
Once the man was told of the actual laws in Oregon -- that nudity in public is legal unless it's done in a lewd manner -- his reaction was anger and disbelief.
"I need to get a record of you saying that because when I tell my wife, she's not going to believe that," the homeowner said.
"I can show you the ORS (Oregon Revised Statute)," responded Avery.
"You're saying in the state of Oregon, someone can walk up to your two-year-old kid completely bare naked, and that's not a crime, even if it's on your property," asked the homeowner.
"Correct .. Well, so it's trespassing," Avery said. The officer also presented another scenario.
"If I jumped the fence at a school and I walk up to a playground full of kids naked? Not OK," Avery said. "But somebody approaching the front of your house and there's a child outside and they leave when they're told, they haven't committed a crime."
The neighbors told the officer they'd had run-ins with the woman several times before. In this case, the homeowner was furious with the officer's lack of action against the woman, despite knowing she was having some kind of mental crisis at the time.
"If it's the laws that we have here, or if it's you guys not having the willingness to do something about it, as far as I'm concerned, you guys are all just (expletive) worthless pigs," the man told the officer. "This is ridiculous.”
When officers arrived at the scene, the woman was already gone, but they caught up with her at her home about a block away hoping to have a conversation about the incident.
"You mind if we talk," asked the officers.
"No, I don't want to chat with you guys," the woman responded.
"Why not," they asked.
"I just don't feel like it" the woman responded. "I don't feel good."
Officer Avery continued, "Walking around naked and approaching people's front doors when they have children outside is not going to be tolerated. Okay? You're going to be trespassed from all of this property. All three of these units. If you go back, you will be arrested,"
The woman went back into the home before officers could finish their statement. The officers left after offering the woman a list of places to go for mental health assistance.
Avery then returned to the homeowner who made the call to explain the woman had been warned. The homeowner, who was calmer at this point, continued to express how upset he was with the law.
"I feel like I need to move away from this terrible, terrible state," he said. "This (expletive) seems to just get worse and worse and worse."
Avery said he had responded to calls about public nudity before and told the homeowner that, as a police officer, his job is to enforce the laws.
"I can't bend the law for my opinion," Avery said.
Central Oregon Daily's Travis Pittman contributed to this report.
Big thanks to @Alaric the Visigoth for posting the original TikTok in the MATI thread.The full 26:45-minute bodycam video is too big to archive locally (I tried), but I've archived the YouTube upload of it here, and you can download the .mp4 here. The relevant Oregon statute (ORS 163.465 - Public indecency) can be found here, and is archived here.
Fuck the police, all cops are faggots.
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