Posted on 08/01/2006 7:16:58 AM PDT by Millee
A group of youngsters has fallen foul of the law for playing hopscotch.
West Midlands Police community support officers asked parents in Spring Street in Halesowen to remove chalk markings after complaints about them.
Several children were involved in the games resulting in several markings on the pavement.
Police said they were also investigating complaints of anti-social behaviour. But mother Lisa Mangan said their action was "extreme".
She said: "With what is going on in the world it is pretty extreme for a few chalk markings on the pavement which will be washed away."
The children drawing chalk markings on the pavement Police deal with "low-level crime" to prevent more serious problems
Her daughter Kayleigh, 14, added: "I think its stupid and they shouldn't be wasting their time up here having a go at kids about chalk when there are other things going on in the world."
In a statement, West Midlands Police said the officer visited the street following complaints not only about large areas of the pavement being left chalked but also after numerous complaints about anti-social behaviour in the area.
They said the feedback from residents has been good and in dealing with what the force called "low-level crime", they could prevent more serious problems developing.
The children washed some of the markings away but said they were determined to carry on playing.
(Dumbest thing I've read in awhile..)
HOW CAN YOU HAVE ANY PUDDING IF YOU DON'T EAT YOUR MEAT?????
All in all, they were all just bricks in the wall.
My ex and I lioved in a trailer par...er "mobile home community" for a while and they always squealed about the kids writing on the sidewalk with chalk as well. Pretty damned pathetic if you ask me.
better put them down now, before they turn into non-muslim productive citizens.
Here in Illinois, many of us have been working for years on passing a law requiring that all chalk be registered. It's for the children.
That'll get her 5 to 10.
I would love to know what the "complaints of anti social behavior" entailed. Was it some whiny parent complaining to the police because one child wouldnt let another one win or skip a turn ahead?
I assume there's a seven-day wating period for chalk pieces over five inches long.
Drat! How did we forget the cooling off period?
Thanks!
These little brats should be inside watching t.v. & stuffing their pie holes anyway! Where are their parents????? /s
next its graffiti, tagging, drugs, sex, murder...
chalk is the root of all evil
(thank goodness there is a spellchecker here)
Chalk this up to un-be-freaking-leavable stoopidity. I didn't know that kids still played hopscotch, but it seems to me that they could be doing far, far, far, worse things with their time (and probably will, now)...
Probably inside watching t.v. & stuffing their pie holes.
Well, I for one am just appalled! I mean, where in the world did they get such an idea?! Chalk on sidewalks! What will they think of next??? ;o)
Insane just insane.
Better chalk on the sidewalk than spray paint on buildings, trains, buses etc. Only buttwipers would object to kids' hopscotch grids.
Dumbest thing I've heard of so far this week.
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