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Last week, Virginia police arrested a man because he was seen making coffee, get this, while naked in his own home. A woman walking with her child nearby called police after seeing him in the nude inside his Virginia home. Eric Williamson’s arrest has media sources questioning if he was flashing or just being comfortable.
Now it has set off a firestorm of debate over how far civil liberties extend, and where privacy is protected.
We bring you perspectives from FOX 5, Sky News, Popular Fidelity, NBC4 and The Young Turks.
A FOX 5 reporter says this incident is serious. Not just because of what the woman and child saw, but because of where the man's house is located.
“And here is the big concern in this case: the house where Williamson lived is right across the street from a stop where school children pick up buses.”
But Williamson tells Sky News that he had no ill intentions.
“I’m a loving Dad. Any of my friends and anybody knows that. And there’s not a chance on this planet that I will ever ever ever do anything like that to a kid.”
A writer for the blog Popular Fidelity says Williamson has a right to privacy inside his own home.
“She was either walking down the sidewalk or, as he says… 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?”
A Fairfax county police officer tells NBC4 News the issue goes deeper than Williamson's rights.
“The issue here is that this man stood in front of open door and open window and made no apparent effort to cover himself or to get out of the plain sight. So I think that’s the distinction.”
An anchor on The Young Turks says people should just stop looking into other people’s homes.
“No no no. This is a witch hunt. Hell no. Unless he came to the window and he was like this, and then like this, and then he was like. ‘go over there and touch it’, okay, then we got an issue. But no no no no. You got a right to be naked in your own house. Look away. Look away.”
So, do you think Williamson should be charged? Or does he have the right to do whatever he wants in his own home, regardless of his surroundings? Share your thoughts in our comments section and check out our sources.
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