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selfbnd411 -> RE: Cop chokes kid for skateboarding. (6/26/2007 6:52:38 PM)
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There's two sides to every story. Our student newspaper (college campus) is full of stories about how student health is facing a rash of injuries in which skateboarders are hitting pedestrians. Take a 150 lb man and put him on a skateboard. Then send him flying down a sidewalk full of unsuspecting pedestrians and you have a recipe for broken bones and concussions. Sounds like these young men were fully aware of the public safety ordinance against riding on the sidewalk and they chose to ignore it. Then when caught, they chose to disobey a law enforcement officer and resist arrest.
If you can't do the time, then don't do the crime imo.
Officer on leave after video of choking, wrestling skateboarders
By JON GAMBRELL
Tuesday, June 26, 2007 6:49 PM CDT
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Police spokesman McCrary Means identified two of those arrested as Matthew Jon McCormack, 21, and Skylar Nalls, 19, both of Hot Springs. Means said McCormack faces a misdemeanor battery charge after allegedly pushing or striking a 67-year-old city employee during the melee. Nalls was cited for skateboarding and faces misdemeanor charges of fleeing and obstructing governmental operations.
Means said four juveniles involved in the incident also face skateboarding citations and resisting arrest charges.
McCormack, who works at Hot Springs' Funbox Skateshop, said both he and Nalls were free on $1,000 bond. McCormack said most of the juveniles remained at home on house arrest.
"It's never been an issue. They made that rule a long time ago, but I've skated down through there all the time and it's never been a problem," McCormack said. "It was kind of shocking for it to be such a huge issue."
http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2007/06/26/ap-state-ar/d8q0peko0.txt
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