Paintballers have stand off with Police SWAT in Coconut Creek, FL.

Florida Shooters Network ^ | 1/5/03 | Ryan

[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.

[FreedomPoster]

>>Cite the law they were breaking please.

He probably just thinks that because a cop told the kids and the small business owner something, they should automatically obey. After all, police never misuse their authority.

BTW, I played paintball yesterday with a bunch of old farts that get together once a year to do this, somewhere around the holidays. Lots of teenaged sons with us, including mine. Our group had around 40, and there were at least another 50-60 in other groups, mostly of "regulars".

Had a great time. This was about the 8th or 9th year we've done this. One good bruise on the left "love handle". ;-)

[FreedomPoster]

Oh, brother.

The rant from the FReeper's friend is a little rough, but if this went down as described, these cops are idjuts.

[FreedomPoster]

Hey Dan! How are you?

See my #81.

[FreedomPoster]

>>It is stunning the money involved in these "toys".

3-4 years ago, I was at the athletics building at my son's school, waiting for him to come out of the locker room after practice. A couple of kids were sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall, reading what I realized was a paintball equipment catalog.

I asked "how much have you got in your paintball gun".

The kid scratched his head, thought about it for a minute, and replied "about $800".

[PatrioticAmerican]

"Its everyone business and respnsibility in these United States to encourage people to exercise use of common sense you moron."

Well, you might want to stay out of this conversation, then. You lack common sense. What a kitten! "Paintball is a HORRIBLE thing that teaches bad, evil gun things to kids! WHAAAAAAAAAA! Sombody make then stop!! Daddy! Daddy! Make them stop!"

FReeping LIBERAL!!! Get outta here!

[PatrioticAmerican]

"Get names and remember faces."

A must in these times.

[tubebender]

I asked "how much have you got in your paintball gun".

Lukes parents got him a electronic trigger assembly for one of one his five guns. These kids have more money in these guns than most hunters invest in "real guns" The first thing I bought was a chronograph for checking hot guns when they play here.

[Godebert]

Dang kids today with their fancy expensive paintball guns. When I was a kid we did "battle" with dirt-balls and mud-clods. Maybe not as accurate as those fancy pink-colored paintballs but they sure did pack a wallop even with high-trajectory indirect fire. Ahhh......the good old days.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

A bump for bob

Well, thank God that we've got nosy busybodies like you to tell all of us morons what common sense is and how to exercise it.
Thank you for your input, it has been duly ignored. I hope you feel better for having said it. Now buzz off.

[PatrioticAmerican]

"You must have been reading Hitlery's book 'It takes a Village'"

I'm sorry, but you forgot the last word, "It Takes A Village IDIOT".


Respectfully,
PA

[AppyPappy]

The cops are wrong

Of course you know that because you heard the cops' side of the story.

[DAnconia55]

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?

Like stop election fraud, for instance....

[DAnconia55]

How mny rapes? How many muggins and how many other real problems? Get a life coppers and go after real BAD guys.

Real bad guys don't shoot back with paintballs. Much safer to harass citizens, if you're looking for an ego boost.

[B4Ranch]

Why not correct it for him and repost it if you must be so critical.

[DAnconia55]

Of course you know that because you heard the cops' side of the story.

I don't believe cops in general, having seen them lie in court.

And yes, I believe 40 private citizens, kids and parents over a cop. Any day of the week.

[Ouachita]

I just got QuakeIII..

QuakeIII is cool. Playing the Urban Terror mod, online, is even better.

[Vigilantcitizen]

"BTW, I played paintball yesterday with a bunch of old farts that get together once a year to do this, somewhere around the holidays. Lots of teenaged sons with us, including mine. Our group had around 40, and there were at least another 50-60 in other groups, mostly of "regulars".

I've recently taken it up myself. Great excercise and it helps to have friends that own large plots of wooded lands so a group can get together and play for free.

Plus, there are several fields whithin 5 miles of the house to pick up paint and get gas cannisters charged.

If you want to come out and play a round or two without having to pay a field fee, let me know. BTW..Know what you mean about the love handle shot, I took one today.

[TigersEye]

Where'd you go? Had enough huh? Come back and fight like a man!

[Colorado Doug]

Get a life coppers and go after real BAD guys.

But it's much safer and empowering for them to go after kids. There are too many Barney Fifes out there who get a real charge out of flaunting their authority. Obey the laws and expect the enforcers of law to do the same. It doesn't sound like the kids were breaking any laws. They clearly acted outside the scope of their authority and need to pay the consequences

Sledge, the advise that you have seen here is good. Clean up that rant! By the way, there was no entrapment, clean up that rant again, get it proofread. Send it to a sympathetic reporter or two and have an attorney draft a threatening letter for about $75 bucks. Have all the kids family and friends call or better yet write city hall about this. Be sure that they request a response. Bury them in a blizzard of paperwork. And yes, have them Freeped by all means.

Good Luck!