Eric Williamson says he just wanted to make some coffee and start his day.  Fairfax County police say that he was intentionally displaying himself.  Either way you look at the issue, a man got arrested for being naked in his own home.   He faces up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine, and the police department faces embarrassment and a civil lawsuit in return.

Here’s my take on the issue.  He was in his own home at 5:30 in the morning.  She was either walking down the sidewalk or, as he says he was told in a Fox News interview yesterday, trespassing on his property by walking through his yard.   Either way, he’s IN his home. If you can’t be naked in your own home while playing video games or making breakfast, where can you drop trou?

If he was going to be deliberately exposing himself, wouldn’t he pick a time with more foot traffic than pre-dawn 5:30 AM?  That’s the part that makes no sense to me.  This whole thing just seems like a big overreaction to me.  All the mother had to do was not peep in the guy’s window like a normal person and this wouldn’t be news.

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