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Police warn girl, 10, her chalk hopscotch grid on the pavement outside her home is criminal damage
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 05:12 EST, 9 May 2013 | Hugo Gye

Posted on 05/09/2013 5:40:27 AM PDT by Olog-hai

A schoolgirl was told off by police for drawing a hopscotch grid on the pavement, according to her father.

Officers even warned the 10-year-old she might have committed criminal damage as she played the traditional game outside her house in Ramsgate, Kent. …

The angry father has lodged a complaint with Kent Police about their heavy-handed behavior.

Authorities are now investigating the incident, and admit that the officers may have gone too far when they accused Lilly of committing a crime. …

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: chalkdrawing; hopscotch; policestate; sidewalkgames
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To: driftdiver

That’s right. Now you understand. Glad we cleared that up.


101 posted on 05/09/2013 10:47:14 AM PDT by MaxMax
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To: driftdiver; Mad Max

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/08/war-chalk-arrests

Sounds like many others agree with Mad Max. But instead of public service, they should probably just cane the punks like they do in Singapore.


102 posted on 05/09/2013 10:47:31 AM PDT by 21twelve ("We've got the guns, and we got the numbers" adapted and revised from Jim M.)
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To: MaxMax

Nothing makes a neighborhood look more trashy and gang infested as children playing in the street.

I am a bit confused though. Given that you compare a hopscotch grid to gang sign, in paragraph 4 you say it would be OK on her own sidewalk, but in paragraph 2 you say that it wouldn’t?


103 posted on 05/09/2013 10:48:12 AM PDT by null and void (Today I learned in school if they call me ugly & I punch 'em in the nose, they stop calling me ugly!)
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To: headsonpikes
I’m beginning to think that you have a point. Public spaces should be as free from signs and markers of human life as possible. Love of uniformity and the aesthetic appreciation of “mass as such” mark the refined tastes of responsible citizens.

This sounds less boring in the original German.

Jawhol!

Öffentliche Plätze sollten von den Zeichen und von den Markierungen des Menschenlebens so frei sein, wie möglich. Liebe der Einheitlichkeit und die ästhetische Anerkennung „der Masse als solches“ Kennzeichen die weiter

104 posted on 05/09/2013 10:51:03 AM PDT by null and void (Today I learned in school if they call me ugly & I punch 'em in the nose, they stop calling me ugly!)
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To: null and void
You start by being crass and then expect me to have a dialog and explanation with you
over your misinterpretation of my posts. Brilliant. The word for that is Trolling.

I would expect no less from somebody who cannot explain his previous posting
and why those specific pictures. I really don't want to misinterpret the meaning.
That may be why my post was removed, because I got it wrong. So please help me out here.

105 posted on 05/09/2013 11:07:09 AM PDT by MaxMax
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To: MaxMax

After reading all of your posts, perhaps I can offer a response.

The overwhelming majority of those who disagree with your point of view simply disagree with your exaggerated description of the dastardly deed performed by the vile and bloodthirsty villain. Due to her transgression and the likelihood that the property value of homeowners in the area will now plummet, we are recommending that the the D.A. push for life without parole!

Most people don’t consider sidewalk chalk as graffiti when used in such a manner, be it on “public property” or private. It’s that simple. You may not approve of it, and that is your right, but most people will cast you in the role of Scrooge for such a viewpoint, like it or not.


106 posted on 05/09/2013 11:29:09 AM PDT by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: MaxMax

You did refer to her as a brat.


107 posted on 05/09/2013 11:41:03 AM PDT by CityCenter (No matter how good your PR is, you can't outsmart the truth.)
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To: MaxMax

Chalking up the sidewalk is bad parenting.


Why?


108 posted on 05/09/2013 12:03:28 PM PDT by Idaho_Cowboy (Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
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To: MaxMax

It was a temporary hopscotch grid that will be washed away in days.

There’s something a little awry with your sensibilities when you think kids playing hopscotch is vandalizing public property that damages property values.

Ed


109 posted on 05/09/2013 12:12:44 PM PDT by Sir_Ed
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To: Olog-hai
When petty pompous individuals are given substantially unlimited power, they will abuse it every time. Take, Obama.....please.....
110 posted on 05/09/2013 12:15:09 PM PDT by MWestMom ("All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for all good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke)
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To: Pox
You started out fine but then you went and wrote;
we are recommending that the the D.A. push for life without parole!
Which devolves your whole point by moving the discussion to the extreme.

I get your point even though I don't consider feelings as a rational excuse for
allowing a child to vandalize in such a way that other people must be subjected to it.
And yes, even if it's chalk pictures of cuddly little kittens. Chalk outlines, maybe.

111 posted on 05/09/2013 1:02:22 PM PDT by MaxMax
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To: MaxMax

Let me be clear. You reminded me of Hitler.


112 posted on 05/09/2013 1:22:27 PM PDT by null and void (Today I learned in school if they call me ugly & I punch 'em in the nose, they stop calling me ugly!)
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To: Sir_Ed

We can’t just hopscotch around the issues of graffiti on public property.


113 posted on 05/09/2013 1:35:20 PM PDT by MaxMax
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To: MaxMax
Chalk outlines, maybe.

I see, you're a ghoul.

114 posted on 05/09/2013 2:15:57 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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