Four arrested in S.F. after nudity ban takes effect

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San Francisco police on Friday began enforcing a controversial new ordinance that bans nudity outdoors, citing four activists after they stripped down in front of City Hall.

“Freedom of expression is dead in this country,� nude activist George Davis shouted as he was taken into a police van, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Protesters were given a 15-minute warning before the citations, which come with a $100 fine.

On Tuesday, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by nude activists who said that the ordinance violated their 1st Amendment rights.

After complaints about so-called “Naked Guys� gathering daily in the city’s Castro District, San Francisco supervisors voted in November to ban public nudity citywide, except for at permitted festivals and parades.

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