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Actually, I think the core of this topic really boils down to the ignorance and self-delusion of americans.
your going off topic and forgetting what the issue here is about... it's about curfews!
Originally posted by GoodLifeGodLike
Ok so there is a curfew at 11, it's stupid but I get that. So as long as you are out at 10:59 or before you are not breaking any law.
My question is, why are these cops not being charged for kidnapping? There was no law broken, therefore the teens are free to go, yet they were taken in to custody.
If a citizen takes a person and puts them in a van against their will, drives them to a location and keeps them there until 6 am, that is kidnapping. So how is this any different?
Originally posted by GoodLifeGodLike
Ok so there is a curfew at 11, it's stupid but I get that. So as long as you are out at 10:59 or before you are not breaking any law.
My question is, why are these cops not being charged for kidnapping? There was no law broken, therefore the teens are free to go, yet they were taken in to custody.
If a citizen takes a person and puts them in a van against their will, drives them to a location and keeps them there until 6 am, that is kidnapping. So how is this any different?
Parents said police were a bit overzealous in arresting juveniles over the weekend, and the department is not denying those claims, but, some sources at the department said, the bigger issue is the rise in crime due to the minors.
Those police sources said that more than a week ago a group of teens was involved in a stabbing outside the Bricktown IHOP.
Police said it is not uncommon for several hundred kids to gather outside Harkins Theatre causing fights, vandalism and petty theft.
"When you're in that big of a group you become invincible and you think, well, they can't arrest us all," said Capt. Patrick Stewart.
Police said there has been an increase of underage teens breaking the curfew. It kicks in at 11 p.m. but some business owners said it's time for drastic change.
"Something like 6 p.m. [for a curfew] if you're a minor, you need to be with an adult," said Bricktown business owner Danny Falcone.
Falcone, of Falcone's Pizzeria, has seen vandalism at his business. He said it forced him to hire his own security guard.
"It's gotten worse in the last couple years," said Falcone. "It's gotten bad. Nobody wants to walk through a crowd of 40 kids to go sit down with their wife and kids."
Police said they will continue to strictly enforce curfew laws, but will be more thoughtful about each case when arrests might not be necessary.
Originally posted by Malcram
LOLOL
"Curfew"? Seriously?
How do any of you Americans still manage to delude yourselves that you are free, living in the "land of the free"?
Insanity. If you were waiting for the moment to "take your country back" and "defend liberty", you missed it. Long ago.
You need to wake up and realize the gravity of your predicament. You're suffering from boiling frog syndrome.
Originally posted by rexusdiablos
Originally posted by Malcram
LOLOL
"Curfew"? Seriously?
How do any of you Americans still manage to delude yourselves that you are free, living in the "land of the free"?
Insanity. If you were waiting for the moment to "take your country back" and "defend liberty", you missed it. Long ago.
You need to wake up and realize the gravity of your predicament. You're suffering from boiling frog syndrome.
All too true.
It makes me laugh when I hear Americans complain about the burden of policing the world.
They can't even police themselves.