You’re kidding, right?
It’s okay for illegal aliens to be here, drive without a license or insurance, send their unholy spawn to public schools on our dime, but don’t you dare throw a ball or frisbee at the beach.
Wow. I’m sure glad those jackasses in downtown LA have their priorities straight.
What about playing volleyball at the beach? That’s really popular in Santa Monica (which is part of LA).
See my tagline.
These stupid laws and massive fines only apply to people who are inclined to follow the law. If a police officer writes a ticket to some young gang-banger, do you think he is going to pay it? But if he writes a ticket to a middle-class wage earner who has a house, a car and kids in school, Mr. Middle-Class has no choice but to pay up.
So you don’t even bother to write the ticket to the juvenile law-breaker or the illegal alien. Those tickets will be tied up in missed court dates and letters sent to vacant lots until the end of time, without the state realizing one thin dime. But you write a big whumping fine to the basically law-abiding guy just out for a pleasant afternoon with the family, and it is free money in the mail.
I drive on a certain stretch of highway every weekday to work, and then again on Sunday morning to and from church. Monday to Friday, traffic is moving at 80 miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour zone. People are talking on the phone, cutting each other off and passing on the shoulder routinely. And if you do see a police car, it is sitting on the side of the road with cars whipping past without even bothering to slow down.
But on Sunday morning, it’s wall to wall police cars. You see people getting stopped for doing 60 in a 55, and the fines are surcharges can add up to hundreds of dollars. They are constantly cruising and looking at you for cellphones or seatbelts or any other violation they can make up. I must pass at least a half dozen cars both on the way to church and on the way back every week.
So, what’s the difference?
The difference is not in the crimes being committed, but in the quality of the people committing the crime. Monday to Friday, it’s run-of-the-mill. Lots of people the police stop will never show up for court and the police will waste all kinds of money trying to extract payment from people who will never ever pay. But the Sunday churgoer will have that check mailed into the court before the end of the day. It’s free money, and the state is going to pick it up.