'KAREN' COMPLAINT
Who is Sam Panda? The Myrtle beach woman arrested for wearing a thong
A PROFESSIONAL acrobat was booked by cops on a South Carolina beach.
On Sunday, Sam Panda shared footage of her arrest on and said cops claimed .
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But who is Panda and why was she arrested?
Who is Sam Panda?
Sam Panda is a professional aerial artist originally from Pittsburgh, .
She performs acrobatics above the ground from a height on a tightrope or trapezes.
Panda made headlines last week for being cuffed by cops over her thong bikini in footage that went viral.
The acrobat was well-known after a near-fatal fall on October 26, 2017 at Finn’s Beach Club Canggu in
The rig she was on malfunctioned and Panda broke her neck and damaged her spine in front of a live audience, hitting the concrete stage head first.
Why was she arrested in Myrtle beach?
Panda said was arrested because of her revealing bikini.
In the video she shared on social media, Panda is placed in handcuffs as she and a man behind the camera ask the officers to explain what part of the penal code she has broken.
The officers ask the group to follow them to their car, and are then seen reading out the wording of the code.
"It shall be unlawful for any person to appear in the nude on any public beach... or any public property in the view of the public," one cop said, as Panda replied "I'm not nude."
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The group then enter a debate about whether exposing the body parts revealed by a thong should qualify as nudity.
At one point, Panda is heard asking the officer holding her arm to "let go of me," but he replies "no. You're in handcuffs."
"You put me in handcuffs being in a thong!" she replies.
Later in the 20-minute clip, one officer claims Panda was in fact detained because of "how [she was] acting".
Who called the cops?
Myrtle Beach officers were initially called out to after getting a report of two women who were wearing thong bikinis and a see-through top.
The complainant said they were “dancing and soliciting videos on the beach.”
Panda said that "some Karen" had made the complaint in her Facebook post.
Karen and Chad are a pejorative terms coined in the US for a white woman or man perceived to be entitled and privileged.
When another cop arrives later in the video and Panda explains the situation, her handcuffs are removed.
Are thong bikinis illegal in SC?
The Myrtle Beach municipal code does prohibit the exposure of a person's buttocks.
Horry County and Myrtle Beach governments prohibit thong bathing suits about indecent exposure on the beach.
"It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally appear in any public place in such a state of dress or undress so as to expose to the view of others the human male or female genitals, pubic area, pubic hair, buttocks, anus, vulva or any portion of the female breast at or below the areola thereof," it states.
Cops typically give a warning for the first offense.
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showed the ordinance to Panda, who then complied and was allowed to leave the beach without further incident, reported .
Officers said they spoke with the women to advise them about the nudity-related ordinance.
“One of the women attempted to walk away from officers and was detained,” the department said.
What did she say about the incident?
"A woman called the cops on me because of my bikini. That's how this all started," Panda .
"Some Karen decided that my body was offensive to her and showed her child that her body could one day lead to her arrest.
"Her body could be the reason a grown ass man violates her. Her body is wrong."
Panda also included the hashtag: "#cancelMyrtleBeach".
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In a second Facebook post, Panda added: "If you are a woman, and you decide to call police on other women for their bodies ON A BEACH, IN FRONT OF YOUR TEENAGE DAUGHTER...
"You have allowed a 105 pound woman to get rushed, aggressively grabbed, manhandled, and cuffed.
"You should be absolutely ashamed of yourself."
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