Comments on: Sex workers arrested because they carry condoms: New York law

By: poledancing lessons

poledancing lessons — Sun, 09 May 2010 08:32:42 +0000

Don’t believe this. Surely carrying them is a good thing.

By: Kink On Tap » Blog Archive » Kink On Tap 19: So much cybersex!

Kink On Tap » Blog Archive » Kink On Tap 19: So much cybersex! — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:08:01 +0000

[...] suicide while politicians waste their time with yet more silly sex-offender laws. Hypocritically, you can be arrested in NYC for carrying too many NYC-branded condoms, and as Washington, DC votes to legalize same-sex marriage the Catholic Church turns its back on [...]

By: RLD Info

RLD Info — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:20:37 +0000

More sad irony in the government’s attempts to interfere with the private sexual lives of others, and of their inadvertent harming of public health.

Carrying condoms should not be a crime.

By: Random Nuclear Strikes » Too much of a good thing

Random Nuclear Strikes » Too much of a good thing — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:45:50 +0000

[...] Why do you need that many condoms? How do you know someone is selling sex? It’s an old problem. In New York, police can detain you as a prostitute just because they find you carrying ‘too many’ condoms. This is an old technique used by police officers looking for an easy way to fulfill arrest quotas and keep their jobs. [...]

By: Lolita Wolf

Lolita Wolf — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:41:55 +0000

I better not grab a handful of those free condoms that NYC distributes for fear of getting arrested!

By: Chris R

Chris R — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:22:12 +0000

I don’t see the problem. If a woman is carrying 50 condoms, she’s probably a prostitute. There are also no “arrest quotas”, just like there are no “ticket quotas”.

And what a single issue activist group thinks can and cannot be used as evidence in a criminal trial is irrelevant.

By: Instapundit » Blog Archive » WHO KNEW? You can be arrested in New York for having too many condoms….

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:18:59 +0000

[...] WHO KNEW? You can be arrested in New York for having too many condoms. [...]

By: Stephan Faris - Ground Up – The Daily Grind - True/Slant

Stephan Faris - Ground Up – The Daily Grind - True/Slant — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:50:38 +0000

[...] Sex workers arrested because they carry condoms New York’s police and prosecutors should not be permitted to introduce condoms as evidence of prostitution and prostitution-related offenses. [...]

By: Twitter Trackbacks for Sex workers | Prostitution | Arrests | Condoms | New York City | Bill | Border Thinking on Migration, [nodo50.org] on Topsy.com

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:18:28 +0000

[...] Sex workers | Prostitution | Arrests | Condoms | New York City | Bill | Border Thinking on Migration… http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/police-arrest-prostitutes-because-they-carry-condoms-new-york-law – view page – cached A bill in the New York legislature would prohibit police from using the carrying of condoms as a reason to arrest suspected prostitutes. Gender and Sexuality Law Clinic at Columbia University and the… Read moreA bill in the New York legislature would prohibit police from using the carrying of condoms as a reason to arrest suspected prostitutes. Gender and Sexuality Law Clinic at Columbia University and the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center., from Laura Agustín Read less [...]