Saturday, February 2, 2008
some people just have issues with skaters
worker was fired and officer under four week suspension
nothing done to officer who clearly assaulted skater
that guy just has fuckin brain isssues
rent-a-cop im better than a skater attitude
crazy dad trying act all tuff against innocent skaters
AND THE BIGGEST DICK OF THEM ALL
Me and a group friends actually got together and called their police department after this one.
As soon as we said police brutality against a skateboarder they hung up.
Officer wasn't suspended. Kids managed to get off though.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
4 comments:
I used to skateboard in the 80s ...when people thought it was 'deviant behavior.' I wrecked my knee and gave it up, though.
Thats awesome, they also had to best color choices, light blue and light pink. Not Really but its cool that you skated in the 80's, yea back then it was worse, but they got some crazy cops now, that black ladies nuts.
I came of age as a Hoosier boy who traveled to California every summer in the 70s... out there, it was a very different environment. There's no more phreak friendly place on the planet than LA, especially places such as Venice Beach, etc. Chicago "tolerates" those who color outside the lines... LA celebrates them!
I don't see many skate boarders up here in PAN land, but I see a lot of cyclists who seem to be auditioning for the Darwin award, or who are bound and determined to prove natural selection.
So... if the interaction between skateboarders and the rest of the populace (esp vs/v cars and the police) is anything like that of cyclists and the police/cars, then I'd say everyone needs a crash [pun intended] course from Miss Manners!
Ya know, its stunning how many cyclists, motorists, people walking around paying more attention to their cell phone conversation than to external reality... have forgotten the great [libertarian] axion My freedom to swing my fist ends when it meets your nose
I skateboarded a little in the 70s, but I took up a similar activity called "bongo boarding" instead, where you put a board on top of a roller and balance on it. I used to have a few videos of it on Youtube, but I might have removed them because they seemed to have drawn the interest of the leg freak types. (I'm glad I have lean muscular legs, but I don't want anyone out there drooling over them, unless its my wife!)
OK, I checked, and I did find one of mine I didn't delete due to scuzzbags... its here
What I usually do is dance to music on it... generally metal or 80s techno/new wave. I can stay on it for over half an hour without falling, but that gets REALLY boring, so...
My favorite song to dance on it to was Falco's "Rock me Amadeaus" About the time it came out, I was a high official in the American Association of Students of German, and my school along with a few others were hosting the national convention. It was a blast... unfortunately though, the college at which we held it had been funded by a pre-WWII Nazi sympathizer and there were swastikas everywhere- in the wrought iron, in the tile... and more German eagles in one place than you'd believe possible.
But... the point is... everyone got a kick out of my dancing on the bongo board to one of few German language songs to crack the American charts.
Oh, and in case I wasn't clear enough... I'm not defending at all police who go giving people grief just because they can get away with it. I had a very traumatic experience with the police when I was 5 which made me never believe in "officer friendly." My next oldest brother (11 years my senior) was getting arrested for DWI- and well so, he was beyond tanked- but when my father went out to ask what was going on, they arrested him for "interfering with the duty of an officer." My mother and I had to catch a ride with a neighbor downtown to fish him out of the drunk tank.
That was just one incident... while I have great respect and admiration for anyone who places themselves between the scum of society and the rest of us, those who abuse their power because they can... that's another story.
Post a Comment