Pants-Free Stunt Gets 8 Subway Riders Jailed
From the waist up, they looked like perfectly normal commuters. That wasn’t good enough for police.
Eight pranksters who dropped their pants and showed their underwear on the subway were taken into custody and issued summonses for disorderly conduct. All were ultimately released, said the stunt’s organizer, Improv Everywhere.
The group said more than 160 riders participated in the fifth annual No Pants Subway Ride. Charlie Todd, who founded Improv Everywhere in 2001, said the point was to create scenes of chaos and joy in public places.
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