Posted on 04/19/2017 2:27:32 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
Police in Springfield Township, Delaware County, are putting middle schoolers and their parents on notice. Stop the nonsense. No more playing chicken in traffic, no more midnight ring-and-runs, no more throwing stones at the trolley. Stop swearing at Wawa customers, tipping over trash cans, and blocking streets.
"Enough is enough," said Police Chief Joe Daly.
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
Lived in next-door Broomall for the decade of the 70s, before moving to FL as a young couple in late 79. All the GI generation who moved there in the 50s are gone; have no idea who has replaced them.
“Recently members of the large group of teenagers that congregate at various locations or roam throughout the Township have engaged in unlawful activity to include underage drinking, drug use, vandalism, littering, bullying, harassment, assaults and throwing stones at the trolley and even strong armed robbery. Groups on bikes play chicken with moving vehicles, block the roadway,...’
hmmmmm. teens. yutes?
why was it ever tolerated?
This sounds like something out of the 50 or 60s hoodlums.
Ring and run - the gateway to drive by shooting.
“All the GI generation who moved there in the 50s are gone; have no idea who has replaced them.”
Well, some were replaced by . . . “Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.65% of the population.”
Yo, don’ mess aroun inna Wawa, punks!
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