Cops vs. Skaters Options

[cmac]

This is insane...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH6AYVn2yw4

[Testm0nkey]

uh brandon i dont get why you included your story. that just makes you look like a bad person/civil servant
cops are supposed to be good at their jobs. they have to do this so they dont have to run around killing/maiming everyone they come into contact with. there comes a point pretty fast in that video when the cop is the one stirring trouble and the kids react to it. of course they do they are children. cop shouldnt have done it

[FORSAKENR320]

uh brandon i dont get why you included your story. that just makes you look like a bad person/civil servant
cops are supposed to be good at their jobs. they have to do this so they dont have to run around killing/maiming everyone they come into contact with. there comes a point pretty fast in that video when the cop is the one stirring trouble and the kids react to it. of course they do they are children. cop shouldnt have done it

my story was just randomly tossed out there. but the point of it was that you don't necessarily have to be doing anything wrong to get arrested. provoking a situtation to the point the police officer can't handle it IS reason enough to be arrested. i'm quite sure that the cop works a specific route. probably has ALOT of back history with those little asshats, and i'm VERY sure that they have taken it into their heads it's "cool" to mess with authority. i'm sure they have been told they are not allowed to skate in that area COUNTLESS times. those kids were clearly uncooperative. they tried to run. they were making a large scene. it's a potential riot risk (not that i truelly think one would have occured, but they already had the cop appearing to be the bad guy at the end, and other people were starting to interfere.)

working security at mall lots and stuff like that, i've had to deal with alot of asshat skaters. and every one of them thought they were showing off by being belligerant to people with badges. my general policy was to confiscate skateboards. some i would break in front of them, some i kept. (i never claimed to be clean) but when words and warnings fail, maybe losing a skateboaurd and having to buy one every week will be incentive enough to stay the fuck away from where you aren't supposed to be. and it actually worked.