Furious dad confronts cops over law that allows adults to walk around naked in front of kids in Oregon

An Oregon man raged at a police officer during a dispute over state laws allowing public nudity in the presence of children.

Thomas Collins, a father from Bend, Oregonfilmed the heated confrontation after a naked stranger allegedly walked onto his property in front of his two-year-old son.

The video, which has been viewed more than 800,000 times since it was posted on June 4, begins in the middle of Collins’ conversation with Officer Jeremy Avery of the Bend Police Department.

“You’re saying that in the state of Oregon, someone can walk up to your two-year-old child completely naked, and that’s not crime, even if it is on your property?’ Collins asks.

‘Correct. Well, it’s a violation, but what I’m saying is there are no laws against the actual nudity part of it,” Avery responds.

Thomas Collins filmed his heated confrontation with a Bend, Oregon police officer after a naked stranger allegedly walked onto his property in front of his two-year-old son

Collins claimed that police are ‘literally doing nothing’ and insisted that public nudity was a crime

As Collins continues to pressure him, Avery clarifies that people can “walk around in public, naked, on private property,” as long as they “don’t do it for sexual gratification.”

Collins then steps into the picture.

“On private property – this is where I live, and someone just came and exposed themselves to my two-year-old son, and this cop says it’s not a crime,” the father seethes.

He claims a naked stranger approached his two-year-old son before “running up to him and covering his eyes so he wouldn’t see.”

“My obvious thought is to call 911 because someone is indecently exposing themselves to my child on my property,” Collins continued.

“At what point did this become normal and acceptable? The police literally won’t do anything about it.

“They’re basically saying we have to wait until that person does something more serious to your child before we can intervene.”

Collins said he was forced to run to his son and “cover his eyes so he wouldn’t see.”

Despite Collins’ ire, public nudity is broadly legal under Oregon state law, which takes precedence in the city of Bend

Public nudity is broadly legal under Oregon law, but different cities and counties may have their own regulations.

In Portland, for example, Title 14 of the city code makes it illegal for “any person to expose his or her genitals while in a public place… if the public place is open or available to persons of the opposite sex.”

The conversation doesn’t stop there, however, because the city organizes an annual nude bike ride that is legally permitted.

Nudity as a form of protest is protected by state law, and organizers insist they aim to draw attention to the issues of bicycle safety and pollution.

The municipal code in the city of Eugene closely mirrors Portland’s public nudity law, with a specific provision prohibiting people eight years of age or older from exposing their genitals in public.

However, the city of Bend does not have a specific ordinance against nudity, meaning Oregon law is Bend law.

As Avery explained, simply walking around without clothing is not considered public indecency; rather, it is a person’s behavior that matters.

To be held in violation of Oregon state law, a person must be guilty of sexual intercourse, masturbate, or expose their genitals “with the intent to arouse the sexual desire of the person or of another person.”

Officer Jeremy Avery admitted that trespassing was a crime, even though public nudity was not

Some viewers pointed out that officers like Avery are simply enforcing the law as it is written.

“Brother calls him worthless but the dude can’t just falsely arrest someone,” one user commented.

Others encouraged Collins to read up on local laws and lobby lawmakers to make change.

The Bend Man ended up in the news last year for a viral video in which he argued that skyrocketing prices couldn’t be explained simply by inflation.

In a clip posted on January 9, 2023, Collins claimed that the prices of products such as bulk lentils, flour and butter had increased by more than 50 percent since he bought them a year earlier.

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