“Has anyone else noticed that even the smallest infractions (like this was even an infraction) are being punished with being arrested now. It used to be when I was a kid, cops lectured people on certain things.”
>According to a police report, a witness said Hamilton was blowing grass onto the sidewalk and shredding trash in the park that had not been picked up. Police said they arrested the 48-year-old Hamilton after he refused to stop mowing and charged him with obstructing official business and disorderly conduct.<
It sounds like he was arrested for being a knucklehead.
I think citizens and police officers don’t understand each other anymore. There is a communication disconnect. “Back in the day,” for the most part, the officer would’ve talked him off the mower, said he understood his beef, told him to quit shredding up the trash and everything would’ve been cool. No more.