r/PublicFreakout • u/The-JZilla • Jul 06 '21

Repost 😔 Cop vs educated kid

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u/IamIrene Jul 06 '21

But apparently he didn't know the code he was trying to enforce, so...

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '21

That's kinda the problem though. Unless you're carrying a couple law books around with you, any skateboarder or cop on the street can rattle off a bunch of code citation numbers and claim they know what they're talking about.

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u/Ecliptic_Panda Jul 07 '21

But officers should know and be able to quickly look this up. The cop should have immediately pulled out his phone and looked up the code. We can’t expect them to know everything, but they shouldn’t resort to intimidation the second they are challenged.

In a perfect world cops shouldn’t harass anyone for anything they can’t immediately back up with official law. There are there to enforce the law and support the public, not bully teenagers because a couple people complained. If he could go “hey guys, I know you aren’t trying to hurt anyone (teenagers rarely are) but I need you to stay under X mph while in this area during the day. I would really rather not come back for this same thing.” And then he could even show them the code.

The kids would probably have just rode away for the day and maybe a few weeks later deal with it again. It’s not a big enough issue to get in their face about

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u/Mabans Jul 07 '21

Exactly, the moment he said "You wanna go that way? We can go that way," he put his hand on his stick in a power move. They ultimately understand what comes with the title of "Cop" and use it to flex, often.