Singer Erykah Badu plead not guilty yesterday (April 28) to the charge of disorderly conduct in Dallas. The charge stems from a complaint being filed after she stripped naked in Dealey Plaza while shooting the video for her song "Window Seat".
In the video Badu is seen walking along the street in broad daylight, taking off her clothes as onlookers gawk.
The incident has led Dallas officials to call for tougher penalties such as a hefty fine, for people who produce a film for profit in the city without the proper permits.
Badu said she was looking to create dialogue with the controversial video.
"I expected it to provoke dialogue, and it's an important statement to make. It's about freeing oneself of the layers and layers of things that we have learned as Americans in this country," Badu said in a recent interview. "At the point of becoming naked and individual and free, either you're assassinated spiritually or mentally by the group or worse."
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