Here in my little neck of the woods the Veterans are less than thrilled with us because skateboarders are destroying "Veterans Park" by rolling over things and breaking them. The've posted "NO SKATEBOARDING" signs but those zany madcap kids just pull them down. Boys will be boys.
Then when the rotten cops give them a summons for trespassing or damaging, they have their picture in the newspaper the next day, pouting, and telling their story about the nasty policeman.
I once thought about opening up a skateboard park where kids could skate but then I read about all the lawsuits from parents when their kid got hurt on the property.
Forget it. Just another example how lawsuits are ruining everything.
I wonder why the veterans aren't as mad about the bums who bath and do their laundry in the fountain.... or sit their drinking hootch all day long.... another of life's mysteries.
The article's main take is from the rose cheeked boys. It would be a good idea to hear the policeman's take on this situation.
A pack of skate rats destroyed several hundred dollars worth of playground equipment at the day care facility my son attends. This despite "No Trespassing" signs and a fence around the playground as well as "No Skateboarding" signs all over the shopping center in which it is located.
These clowns regularly damage property, menace pedestrians and create traffic hazards on the sidewalks and in the parking lot.
Sorry to all those who say, "Skateboarding is not a crime," but it is if it endangers other people.