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No, no... I haven't been busted for anything. But a friend of mine almost was. He was roller-blading to work (not having a car, he roller-blades to get to work and back), when he was stopped by a cop because he was "not supposed to be roller-blading" in downtown Columbia, SC.
Okay, aside from the lack of any sort of indicator signs showing such (and for the record, they have signs up for every other damn thing, like not giving money to panhandlers, etc.), it's not like he was tricking off of park benches or bumping into old ladies or anything.
Now, here comes the real "mother-fucking cop" moment. Remember, my friend is roller-blading to work. The cop makes him take off the roller-blades and walk the rest of the way to work. No real problem there, right? Wrong. No shoes, you see. He has a pair at work, a pair at home, and the roller-blades in between.
You cannot tell me with all the other crime going on in Columbia right now (gee, like searching for those two missing girls?), that the cops can't find something better or more effective to do?
Now, don't get the wrong idea here. I have a lot of respect for nearly everyone in law-enforcement (no, not campus cops, though), but it's assholes like this who give all cops the a bad perception. 99% of the cops that I personally know would have, tops, just told him about the ordinance. (Oh yeah, and I find this "law" a little hard to swallow. I'll be looking into that shit later. Fun leaving near the law school.)
As it stands, my views on the police, or at least one officer in particular, just dropped a lot.
Okay, aside from the lack of any sort of indicator signs showing such (and for the record, they have signs up for every other damn thing, like not giving money to panhandlers, etc.), it's not like he was tricking off of park benches or bumping into old ladies or anything.
Now, here comes the real "mother-fucking cop" moment. Remember, my friend is roller-blading to work. The cop makes him take off the roller-blades and walk the rest of the way to work. No real problem there, right? Wrong. No shoes, you see. He has a pair at work, a pair at home, and the roller-blades in between.
You cannot tell me with all the other crime going on in Columbia right now (gee, like searching for those two missing girls?), that the cops can't find something better or more effective to do?
Now, don't get the wrong idea here. I have a lot of respect for nearly everyone in law-enforcement (no, not campus cops, though), but it's assholes like this who give all cops the a bad perception. 99% of the cops that I personally know would have, tops, just told him about the ordinance. (Oh yeah, and I find this "law" a little hard to swallow. I'll be looking into that shit later. Fun leaving near the law school.)
As it stands, my views on the police, or at least one officer in particular, just dropped a lot.