The crowd of supporters was noticeably smaller than it had been in the past, but those who continue to fight for “body freedom”, the right to appear nude in public, have lost none of their passion. Four nudists, Gypsy Taub, Jaymz Smith, Rusty Mills and George Davis, were arrested at a noon rally in Jane Warner Plaza this past Sunday.

The “nude-in” was organized to commemorate the two year anniversary since the passage of San Francisco’s ban on public nudity.

“We were taken to Mission Station and released after we signed citations,” Taub told Hoodline that evening. “I am tired of the SFPD violating our constitutional rights, but today they went beyond that. Nudity ban violation is only an infraction. For an infraction they are only allowed to arrest people who refuse to sign the citation or refuse to produce an ID.”

Taub said that all four of those arrested had their IDs ready and were willing to sign. Around a dozen police officers made the arrests. Three officers were asked if they would comment for this story. All three declined. Lt. Phil Pott did acknowledge that SFPD received many complaints about the nudists before the nudity ban was implemented two years ago.