Police order nude mannequins covered up

[Davin]

When Marcel Ellis chained together a number of undressed mannequins in his Mosta shop window with an accompanying leaflet to raise awareness about sex trafficking, little did he know what was in store.
At around 5 p.m. last Friday, two policemen walked into the DNA Emporium outlet in Eucharistic Congress Road and instructed the owners to dress up the plastic figures.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles...ude-mannequins

via Diary of a Nudist

[Naturist Mark]

Police order nude mannequins covered up ...
... the mannequins refuse to comply
... ... mannequins are arrested for disorderly behavior ...

[Kouak]

Notice the authorities used one of the oldest tricks in the book to "send a message" to everyone else in their jurisdiction. They did something about the "problem" at 5PM on Friday. They know that everything shuts down until Monday at 8AM: courts, lawyers' offices, and banks (for bail). If you are Joe the plumber, you may be stuck in a holding cell for the weekend.

Wonder if we will see a follow-up news report that they are citing the museums. After all, the museums are displaying nude pictures (pornography) and nude statues. If they charge for admittance, then it is like a sex shop. They must move away from schools and other sex shops already there.

[puffledud]

According to article, "Mr Ellis considers the police complaint so absurd that he intends to ignore it." I applaud him for his courage. I think waiting until 5pm to post the complaint and only saying "someone influential" made it is pretty shady.

There is a website at the bottom of the article for anyone interested in reading more about Mr. Ellis's campaign.

Dave

[maliakei]

This 'influential person' wasted police time. Nude mannequins are in USA dress shops from time to time and no complaints. I'll bet if that metal chain & leaflet weren't advertised then both nude mannequins wouldn't have raised an issue. Or maybe this could have been a marketing ploy for attention? Our police force could have been elsewhere taking care of real crimes, but instead had to attend to this instead.

[zharth]

Our police force could have been elsewhere taking care of real crimes, but instead had to attend to this instead.

I find it ironic that the shop owner was trying to raise awareness of a real problem, but the police instead chose to waste their time dealing with a couple of nude mannequins...

[MeBNude]

Police order nude mannequins covered up ...
... the mannequins refuse to comply
... ... mannequins are arrested for disorderly behavior ...

O.K., I agree with every comment here, but I have a question... when did mannequins start to look like the rest of us... I mean, these plastic dolls have some real artistry going on!

Other comment is the display is obviously getting attention, gaged by the fact that everyone on the bus seems to notice.