When she pushed back, he issued her a parking violation.
Caroline New, a nursing mom, was shocked when a police officer saw her breastfeeding her baby in her car at Philadelphia International Airport and walked over to tell her to cover up.. “He came up to the window and he told me to cover up. I was humiliated.”
For the record, city and state laws in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania give women the right to breastfeed without covering themselves anywhere the general public is allowed to be. After New finished nursing her daughter, she got out of her car to speak to the officer, with the intention of getting his name and badge number so she could follow up with his department. He didn’t take it well: His response was to walk back over to her car and issue her a parking violation.
While she was in a no-stopping zone, she believes that wasn’t really the issue, or he would have simply issued her a ticket from the get-go. She says the ticket is retaliatory, since he only issued the ticketshe asked for his information—and after he’d told her to cover up, which he had no right to do. New says what upset her more than the ticket was the interaction, so she filed a formal complaint with the Philadelphia police department. The incident is now under review.
New, who was at the airport to pick up her sister and introduce her to her baby for the first time, is happy the department is investigating her complaint. “My hope is that no other new mom has to experience what I went through,” she said. Breastfeeding “is legal and it’s something that we should be proud of, not ashamed of.”as well as tips, we’ve got you covered—but not covered up!
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