Erykah Badu Strips in New Video: Could Have Landed Singer a Year in Jail, Say Police
DALLAS (CBS/AP) Erykah Badu's new music video, "Window Seat," shows the R&B singer and Dallas native stripping down to nothing at the site of JFK's assassination.
PICTURES: Erykah Badu "Window Seat" Controversy
Dallas police say Badu's "artistic statement" could have landed the singer a year in jail, according to the Washington Post.
City spokesman Frank Librio says Badu's crew never applied for required permits. He says "guerrilla" film crews who "usually shoot these scenes in one take know that if they are discovered they would face arrest and/or penalties."
The video depicts Badu walking in front of the Texas School Book Depository, from which President John F. Kennedy was shot fatally in 1963.
PICTURES: Erykah Badu "Window Seat" Controversy
As she walks, she strips nude and is "shot down" near where Kennedy was murdered.
On her Twitter feed, Badu says the video "was shot guerrilla style, no crew, 1 take, no closed set, no warning, 2 min., downtown dallas, then ran like hell."
Badu, who has three children, reportedly said she worried that she might have traumatized the children who were there at the time, reports CBS affiliate WCBS.
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