The Orem police officer, as yet unnamed by city officials, cited Perry for violating a city ordinance with her "sadly neglected and dying landscape," which resembles dry hay.
You know what else dry hay resembles? Fuel. Orem is in part of Utah under severe fire weather warnings. I don't give a damn if your lawn is ugly, but I do care if I'm at risk of losing my house because you have a yard full of tinder.
A lot of the laws governing lawns are there for silly aesthetic reasons, but not all.
When Perry refused to give her name and tried to walk inside to call her son, the officer tried to arrest her, police say. According to a police news release, while she was struggling, she tripped and fell on her doorstop, cutting open the bridge of her nose. But Perry maintains the officer split her nose when he hit her with the set of handcuffs he was trying to restrain her with.
Free hint #1: When a cop gets you a ticket, take it. A ticket is as good as it will get.
Free hint #2: Don't turn your back on a cop and try to re-enter the house. He has no way of knowing you're not going for a shotgun just inside the front door.
Free hint #3: When a cop tries to physically prevent you from going back in the house, do not physically resist. Scream, protest and plead all you want, but do not physically resist. That just heightens his suspicions, and you will lose.
The place to fight the cop is in court.
"As far as I'm concerned, he really abused me - he brutally abused me," Perry said.
She was "brutally abused" by tripping while running from the cops?
Ask yourself honestly. Put a 35-year-old black male homeowner in the exact same fact pattern. Refuses to give his name, tries to go back in the house, struggles with the cop, trips and falls. How many FReepers' first reaction would be to condemn the cops and rush to his defense?
Ok d1mw1t. Whatever you say. Houses are made of tinder. Who gives a sh1t what the yard is. I could sprinkle sawdust and birdnests all over my yard and it would still pale in comparisson to the fire hazard that my siding and paint on said siding represents.
Go douse yourself in flame retardant you nitwit. People have property rights where I come from. That’s why cops have to knock before entering. That’s why cops cant enter without permission. That’s why there are search warrants. No cop gets me out of my house without one. No cop gets into my house without one. And any neighbor that calls the cops on me will pay dearly for the duration they remain my neighbor.
You go think about that you busybody and pray you are not my neighbor.
Now go water your lawn before someone drops a match on it, whether you deserve it or not.