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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SpecialKRJ 0

I just returned from a trip to California (I live in Texas) and I was surprised at how many bike lanes were out there. See, in places like California, they give a shit if you prefer to ride your bike. I live five miles from Lance Armstrong, and I haven't seen a bike lane in Texas in the years I've lived here. But yes, this does suck.

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WhoaNelly 0

It may just be the ones I see, but aren't people with Down Syndrome usually accompanied by adults?

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mattmag 0

Unless your city has separate bike trails (not just lanes on the side of the road), please don't enforce that law. People will die.

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Veldan 1

The "No bike on sidewalk" law serves the purpose of protecting pedestrians. That is a good goal however, the law is stupid as motorists can be the worst sort of person (There was a case here in Sydney, Australia where someone intentionally ran over any cyclists he came accross, never got caught either) My father also got intentionally hit by someone who then stole his mangled bike and didn't call an ambulance after he shattered his wrist on the road. So, i think for the saftey of cyclists that law should be removed.

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ASatanistHobo 0

How could put ydi? The op was just doing his/her job.

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lax2009 0

Did you tell your boss?

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fuckmydad 0

one of most bull crap law laws ever lets take people that dont want to pollute and be fatties and put them in front of faster moving polluting fatties, if i cop pulled me over for that id flip shit, if i got a ticket, id sue the police

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mixedcalibaby 0

YDI!!! Leave people alone, jeeze. You focus on menial little things like this while there are real crimes going on. I love how our taxpayer dollars are being spent, wait---wasted.

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mcsnelly 5

#79--Suing the police for rightfully enforcing a law would get you no where.

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LionDemon 0

It's not your fault - from inside a police car, you would never have been able to see if he had Down's Syndrome - if you would even have been able to identify it! Yes, #29, I'm talking to you. If he hadn't personally observed a person with Down's Syndrome before, he may not have been able to correctly identify it as Down's Syndrome. And even if you HAD known, it's your job to listen to your supervisor. Just because he follows orders doesn't mean he's a "zombie" #34. And as to why this is an FML? I thought that was obvious. I mean, wouldn't you be upset if you caused a mentally retarded boy to cry - much less pee on himself?

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