Lawman

By Anonymous - 12/05/2009 18:29 - United States

Today, my boss in my police department told me to start enforcing the "No bikes on sidewalks" law, which we usually ignore. I pulled up behind the first person I saw riding a bike on a sidewalk and flashed my lights. It turned out to be a boy with Down's syndrome, who was so upset he cried and peed. FML
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P1MP1N 0

wow, that really sucks. its not your fault at all, how were you to know that the kid had down syndrome? You were just doing your job. Don't worry about it man

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betsymonty 0

You shouldn't feel bad about enforcing the law, and you should definitely tell your boss what happened.

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ilovethe90s 0

Since when is there a law saying that you can't ride a bike on a sidewalk? WTF. Where else are you gonna ride a bike?

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dreamofme 0

Where the hell are we supposed to ride bikes then???

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JagSeal 0

My town doesn't have bike lanes. Your stupid law would get a lot of people hurt.

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Luckster 0

#32, I don't trust bike lanes. I've seen cars use the bike lane to get around other cars, as a third lane, or use it as a turn lane at a traffic stop. The last time I used one, some jackass in a hummer honked his horn from behind me and I fell from being startled. I'm very lucky he went around me instead of running me over.

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FoundManyLemons 0

Last bit... #19: What's a bike lane? They make those? :-P #41&42: The road.

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RagingClue 0

I laughed really, really loud but then felt bad... For some odd reason this gave me a raging clue.

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the_boss_fml 0

since when do they let down syndrome kids on their own?

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thegoodlifeNOT 0

aww poor guy :(

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cdj 0

The law is the law, the OP was only doing his/her job. Even if the OP had known the kid had Down Syndrome, he still should have done his job by informing the kid that he was not allowed to ride his bike on the sidewalk. Having a mental disability, or any disability for that matter, does not mean you are exempt from following the law. You are still required to follow the law to the best of your ability.

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