Naked Pumpkin Run
In yet one more example of the government acting to restrict citizens’ behavior to no purpose whatsoever, the police in Boulder, Colorado plan to arrest participants in the annual Naked Pumpkin Run and charge them as – what else? – Sex Offenders. Utter madness.
For nearly a decade, naked pumpkin runners did their thing unmolested, stampeding through the frigid dark past crowds of admirers who hooted, hollered and tossed candy. But last year the run attracted more than 150 participants, and Police Chief Mark Beckner fears things are getting out of hand. “It’s a free-for-all,” he says.
So he intends to stop it.
He will station more than 40 officers on the traditional four-block route tonight, with two SWAT teams patrolling nearby. All have orders to arrest gourd-topped streakers as sex offenders.
SWAT teams?!?