Probably akin to "Ben Weaver" on the old Andy Griffith show
Posted on 08/29/2019 4:40:37 AM PDT by Skooz
August 29, 2019 at 4:17 AM CDT - Updated August 29 at 5:25 AM
NEWBURGH, N.Y.- About an hour and a half after a group of children in New York decided to sell lemonade during rush hour, police showed up after receiving a call, possibly complaining about traffic caused by the stand.
Mother Whitney Glover says she helped some kids in the Newburgh, N.Y., area put up a lemonade stand Monday.
"We were probably out there about an hour and a half, when I noticed the cop car pull up,” Glover said.
An unidentified person saw the group selling lemonade and, instead of stopping for a cup, called the police.
"His first words were, 'Can you believe someone called the cops on kids selling lemonade?'" Glover said.
Officers Clayton Dubois and Thomas O’Connell say the kids weren’t doing anything wrong, but the stand was creating some traffic.
"Sometimes when people stopped in the middle of the road to get a cup, the cars behind would beep and make nasty faces,” said another adult helping with the stand.
The officers bought cups of lemonade and posed for pictures with the kids.
"They could’ve shut it down. A lot of cops probably wouldn’t have handled it that way, but [they] handled it really well,” she said.
Glover posted about the incident on Facebook, calling the person who complained “bitter.” Since then, she says dozens of customers have stopped by, and the kids made hundreds of dollars in three days.
"I wasn’t expecting it to become the way it did. It was more of an appreciation and a thank you to the police officers,” she said.
August 29, 2019 at 4:17 AM CDT - Updated August 29 at 5:25 AM NEWBURGH, N.Y. (News 12/CNN) - About an hour and a half after a group of children in New York decided to sell lemonade during rush hour, police showed up after receiving a call, possibly complaining about traffic caused by the stand.
Mother Whitney Glover says she helped some kids in the Newburgh, N.Y., area put up a lemonade stand Monday.
Officers Clayton Dubois and Thomas O’Connell say the kids weren’t doing anything wrong, but the stand was creating some traffic. Officers Clayton Dubois and Thomas O’Connell say the kids weren’t doing anything wrong, but the stand was creating some traffic. (Source: Whitney Glover/News 12 Westchester/CNN) "We were probably out there about an hour and a half, when I noticed the cop car pull up,” Glover said.
An unidentified person saw the group selling lemonade and, instead of stopping for a cup, called the police.
"His first words were, 'Can you believe someone called the cops on kids selling lemonade?'" Glover said.
Officers Clayton Dubois and Thomas O’Connell say the kids weren’t doing anything wrong, but the stand was creating some traffic.
"Sometimes when people stopped in the middle of the road to get a cup, the cars behind would beep and make nasty faces,” said another adult helping with the stand.
The officers bought cups of lemonade and posed for pictures with the kids.
"They could’ve shut it down. A lot of cops probably wouldn’t have handled it that way, but [they] handled it really well,” she said.
Glover posted about the incident on Facebook, calling the person who complained “bitter.” Since then, she says dozens of customers have stopped by, and the kids made hundreds of dollars in three days.
"I wasn’t expecting it to become the way it did. It was more of an appreciation and a thank you to the police officers,” she said.
The kids intend to keep selling lemonade until they return to school next week.
I think it’s likely that everyone in the area is a Democrat.
Last time I was in NYC - which admittedly was probably back in 2003 or 2004 - it was fairly common for people to stop in one of the traffic lanes briefly. If there’s curbside parking, it is generally going to be full. So if you wanted a paper from a news stand, in/out of a taxi, etc. people would just stop. Other drivers would just squeeze by. Say what you will about NY drivers, to me they are champs at close-in precision driving, routinely passing through gaps with just a few inches of clearance.
Oh yes they were. They tried to engage in free enterprise to undermine the administrative deep state and their comrades in arms the socialist all in one blow all while threatening their own future dependency on the state.
Before all the looking at everything through racist lens that the liberals do now, I would have never thought what you posted. But I did. They are dividing us racially.
Outstanding!
Great post, BTW.
Well done! MSM will never report this though.
Nice ..very nice...the person who called the police needs a heart!!
I can not resist stopping at a kids lemonade stand, as long as it is the kids selling. If it looks like the Mom is going to take over the sale, I move on. I buy whatever they are offering then pour it out the window once I have turned the corner. ;o)
They were engaged in free enterprise, therefore, they are junior kulaks. Send them to the camps! Their parents as well for corrupting them with such petit bourgeois values! 10 ruble notes for all of them.
Many years ago (summer 1984) I was a roofer.
At the end of one long, hot, Louisiana August day on the roof, the crew descended the ladders to head home. Just so happens the kids who lived in the house we were roofing set up a lemonade stand in the front yard.
The grimy, exhausted crew swarmed the stand, buying every cup. The kids had to rush inside and make several more batches.
Those kids were printing money that day.
I remember buying several cups myself. Nothing ever tasted better than that cold lemonade on that sweltering day.
Kids should make a donation to local PBA.
Probably akin to "Ben Weaver" on the old Andy Griffith show
Cute kids. Thoughtful photo-op.
I wonder if the kids were white would the police have been called.
Kudos to the Cops.
OH, noes!!! White, racisssss cops, beating black kids for selling lemonade, wait...
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Oh, no. More black kids shot by white cops.
Okay, it was with a camera and the cop were shot too, but that won’t stop the lame stream media :-)
A major problem for law enforcement is gaining the trust of minority communities.
Hopefully,al involved will remember this.
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