THE DAILY BLADE: Who’s The Real Boob?
Chelsi Meyerson, 29, claims that when she began breast-feeding her 7-month-old son within view of other customers – some of them children - at the Toys 'R' Us in Times Square, the store’s personnel tried to stop her, though New York State law permits breastfeeding in all public places.
Meyerson and the New York Civil Liberties Union demand that Toys 'R' Us officials meet with her, apologize, give her "appropriate compensation," and guarantee in writing that the chain will allow breast-feeding in its stores, which include the Babies 'R' Us and Kids 'R' Us chains. Toys 'R' Us, denies Meyerson's allegations, and contends that the Brooklyn mother was approached just once by a store employee who asked if she would be more comfortable feeding the baby in a "private space" in the store; other customers had complained about the breast-feeding. Meyerson declined the offer, and continued to breastfeed her son.
The Stiletto would like to point out that this woman’s mother was "a top official" in the "lactivist" group, La Leche League and was interviewed by NY1, WCBS-Channel 2, WNBC-Channel 4, WABC-Channel 7, New York Daily News, New York Post and The New York Sun about the incident. She was either spoiling for a fight – there was absolutely no reason for her not to go to the private nursing area the store personnel offered to her – even if it was in the basement – or is applying media pressure to shake down the store for free stuff (AKA "appropriate compensation").
Update
All Charges Dropped in Penis Pump Case
When security officers spotted an object that looked like a grenade in his carry-on luggage, and asked Mardin Amin, 29, what it was, he was alleged to have said it was a "bomb" so to maintain his dignity in front of his mother and two young children, with whom he was travelling. It turns out that told the female security guard that it was "a pump" – it was a penis pump – and the highly trained professional misunderstood his "thick" Iraqi accent and thought he said it was a "bomb." Amin was arrested on the spot and charged with felony disorderly conduct, for which he could been sentenced to three years in prison if convicted. His attorney, Eileen M. O'Neill, explains some Arabic speakers mix up the sounds "p" and "b," and points out that, it made no sense that a guy who has worked as a translator for [the U.S.] Army in Iraq wouldn't know the consequences of saying, 'I have a bomb'." Prosecutors have dropped all charges.
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