I see you've been studying.
Maybe the kids need to get one of these?
Posted on 01/05/2003 1:07:14 PM PST by Sledge
The following was posted on the Florida Shooters Network BBS this afternoon. What Ryan is hoping for is to inundate the e-mail of Mayor of Coconut Creek with e-mails expressing outrage over this blatant abuse of police power, ignoring private rights, and generally being jerks in dealing with a bunch of kids playing paintball on a vacant wooded lot.
Thank you for your help. I know that no one can "inundate" like Freepers.
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For those you who don't know. I operate out of Broward County operating a licensed corporation selling Paintball Supplies and Law-Enforcement Gear to the general public and private industries.
Well today wasn't a good day for my customers who play paintball inside the city of Coconut Creek.
Yesturday I was told by Officer Chris Colehorst to leave the property I had permission by the property owner to use to have kids and adults play on.
Officer Colehorst had a very bad attitude and wouldn't listen to any reasoning what so ever from us or the property owner...
Mind you my customers have been playing on this property for weeks since everyone was thrown off the old field up the street.
I called the property owner out on Saturday. He came and explained the situation to the officers. You think the officers would listen huh. NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOO...
So today all the paintballers went back to the old field except I where the same single officer who confronted us yesturday told them to leave.
Well try telling 40 pissed off already people that. MIAMI RIOTS MEAN ANYTHING HERE.
SO guess what... They told the one same officer to go screw off.
Guess who shows up at 11:30 am this morning.... after they told officer Colehorst to screw off.
WOW Coconut Creek SWAT shows up to enforce paintballers............ WOW something is strange here fellas... In this country of ours.... You dangerous evil paintballers must die from MP5 SMG fire.
I couldn't believe the phone calls I just got over the cell phone / NEXTEL direct connect....
Christ oh mighty for paintball. WTF guys...
I have a meeting with the Mayor of Coconut Creek Mayor Jim Walden Monday afternoon at 2:00 to discuss this situation. I have letters from parents and kids discussing there grief over the police stand off's over paintball. This stuff is just getting stupid by the year.
Coconut Creek SWAT to round up paintballers, WTF is going on...
I wasn't out there today but these kids have been playing out there in the old field since 1997. Now their's a problem with police after 5 years of playing.
I made a deal with a land owner up the street from the old field to clean up his property in exchange for the kids to use it as there new field. We did that three weeks ago.
Yesturday the NAZI Authorities threw us off the new field causing more problems. Tomorrow I need to speak with the thrid reich mayor and get his approval to the use the property we have permission to use for a field the kids can play on.
Contact Info is here for anyone who cares.
Coconut Creek Police Dept. 954-973-6700
Officer Cherry Judd
Officer Chris Corehorst
Seargent Waymire (Delta Unit Northern District)...
Oh officer Coreherst had the balls to call me this morning on my business mobile number and asked me on his personal cell phone if I was in the old field. CAN YOU SAY POLICE ENTRAPMENT. I own his ass now...
Thank god I have caller I.D. I have officer Coreherst personal cell number. The @#%$ cop with an attitude.
I'm sure to file a complaint Monday with the Mayor's office with other parents about this officer who seems to enjoy his job to much with the general public.
I was told this officer has been on the force for 7 months only...... Hmmmmm he is still on his probationary period... What a shame... This officer was really a dick to the property owner to the parents and I out in the new field. No reason to have that attitude towards parents or kids. He will be written up no doubt.
Funny how his attitude changed when I told him my attorney's number and the Mayor's Office number. Power is nothing with-out control.
The cops have no clue what they are doing. Right now no laws exist to enforce because there aren't any. There are no ordinances or laws broken. Nor has anyone been hurt. Everyone cleans up there own trash and keeps the areas clean.
You would think that when a property owner gives you permission to use his property the way it was intended to be used for you can use it. NOT ACCORDING TO THE THIRD REICH POLICE. When does the police have jurisdiction over an individuals property and how he or she operates on it. WTF
You get thrown off the old field a vacant field lot granted the kids did not have permission to use. OK no problem...
THE NEW FIELD........
I busted my ass on this land owners property cleaning it up for three weeks to have permission to use it so the kids can play on it and still be accosted by the cops. I can't figure this dilema out. You can't win, unless, unless you have NUCLEAR WEAPONS
I plan on doing a presentation in front of Mayor Hitler tomorrow. I also have letters from parents and individual players who are waiting for an answer from the top brass... Yeh like this matters.
The only thing political gestpos understand is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ of course. So I will see how this angle comes out. Catch my drift/
If I can't make this happen. I need a venture capitalist fast to build a legal tax paying field because these kids aren't gonna leave town any time soon.
I get over 200 customers a weekend buying merchandise from my shop. Huge gross revenue. I rent out equipment and service markers that need to be repaired.
The Police have just made it difficult for these kids...
Why can't the cops just be friends. Just like mike
I offered the cops to play but the Chief Adolph Hitler threatend the individual officers already from playing. Conduct of unbecomming of an officer crap.
I own my own business and have all the time on my side but very little patience dealing with a-holes
If you would like to assist in a minor role with this situation. Please call the City Hall of Coconut Creek 954-973-6770
Ask for Mayor Jim Walden
E-mail for him is at jwaldman@creekgov.net
SWAT TEAM -vs- Paintballers that is to funny but scary.
I can be reached at 954 - 575 - 5039 directly.
On what grounds?
There is absolutely nothing inherently wrong with kids playing paintball. The very first lesson they will pick up, is that combat is not a video game. Getting shot hurts and making moves like you see on TV requires some physical exertion.
This is a sport people participate in voluntarily and it causes no more harm than soccer, football or basketball. If anything, it probably gives kids a very slight taste of what real combat might be like and if you think this is a bad lesson for kids to have, maybe you should strap on some goggles and suit up. You might be surprised what this lesson feels like.
The least you can do is stay the heck out of the way and don't add to the situation by demanding that perfectly lawful activities be made unlawful. We've got enough of that kind of help already.
Cheers,
Lloyd
Good point Doug. Maybe if some of the anti-paintball crowd would give this a little thought, they might see that kids need an outlet and some kids have rather aggressive natures.
There are few other outlets quite like paintball.
Why do you defend the indefensible so often? The cops are wrong, and are acting like goons. They have no right to make these people leave private property at all.
Aye. But on your terms, not theirs. Get names and remember faces.
Then in cases such as this one, we should work on teaching the cops how to behave in a manner deserving of respect.
Teaching kids to respect authority NO MATTER HOW THAT AUTHORITY IS EXCERCISED is simply raising the next generation of fascists. Blind obedience is not respect for the law.
Cops that abuse their power should be removed from power. period
I'm more concerned about police who have no repect for the laws or our govt.--acting above the law, and answering to no one. Just like this cop. Hell of an example he set.
Just leave them alone to play paint ball for goodness sakes. My gosh, is there such a lack of crime in Miami that the cops don't have better things to do than harass kids playing in a field?
Very incitive question sir. Since your butt is being flamed left and right perhaps you could elaborate more fully on what exactly you meant by exercising common sense. Whose common sense are you refering to, yours and your government's definition of common sense as exhibited at Ruby Ridge? Perhaps we should appoint you as "Intergalactic Supreme Judge Of What Humans Should or Shouldn't Do For Fear of Pissing Off The Rulers....!
Or how about the Supreme Head of Incitefull Tendencies?
I see you've been studying.
Maybe the kids need to get one of these?
Think about the example the cops displayed here, speaking of "above the law"!
What law did these kids violate and which you are so concerned about them not obeying? Is it because a two bit wannabe jerk off with a badge told them they couldn't play paintball? Excuse me, be who the f%&$k does that smartass with a uniform think he is?
And who are you to stand behind him?
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