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Police in Asheville, NC respond to blocked road complaint
July 04, 2017, 02:01 PM
RogueJSKPolice in Asheville, NC respond to blocked road complaint
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What do you do if you're a cop responding to a complaint of a giant slip n' slide? You join in.
A group of North Carolina officers got to partake in some early 4th of July fun in Asheville on Monday while responding to a complaint.
The officers were responding to a street complaint when they came across the slip and slide that had been built for an annual 4th of July neighborhood block party.
"We have 20 plus kids in the four blocks. So this year the dads built a slip and slide in the street for the kids (and adults)," Katlen Joyce Smith tells FOX 46 Charlotte. "This year, someone called the police at 11:30 a.m. and said we were blocking the road."
Obviously, not all the neighbors were excited about the street being blocked off. After stressing the importance of safety and addressing the neighbors concerns, the officers ended up joining in on the fun.
"When the female officer asked for a garbage bag, we almost didn't believe it. But she took off her radio and went for it!"
Katlen Joyce Smith posted video of the officers taking a plunge down the street to Facebook.
"We didn't have a bag big enough for Officer Joe Jones, for obvious reasons. So he went in the double tube! (which had been used all morning by the kids) so he got wet in his seat."
http://www.fox46charlotte.com/news/265483801-story(Both videos at the link.)
I've shot hoops on duty. I've played kickball on duty. But I've never been on a slip-and-slide on duty.
July 04, 2017, 02:19 PM
FRANKTThat's just outstanding. Too bad about the asshole neighbors.
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July 04, 2017, 02:25 PM
357fuzzThere is always one that ruins it for the rest of them. The uniforms played it well.
July 04, 2017, 02:30 PM
TBHWhat a great way to show kids and adults that cops are good people too!
They need to pull the snobs out and show them what a good time is.
My mom in her 70s would still climb on a sled or toboggan and slide down a hill. Hope I do the same!
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July 04, 2017, 02:39 PM
RidgewaySo why is it ok some neighbors were blocking the road?
Have all the fun you want on your property or that of participating neighbors, but the neighbors not partaking in the activity have just as much right to use the road.
July 04, 2017, 02:45 PM
VoshterkoffRoads are for cars.
July 04, 2017, 02:51 PM
SapperSteelquote:
Originally posted by Voshterkoff:
Roads are for cars.
Yup.
Why couldn't the dads who built the slide have gotten a permit (like one you get to have a parade) to use the street that way for a few hours?
I bet they could have. There's usually a process in every community/county for making sure that everybody's good intentions can get taken care of with due consideration of everybody's needs and convenience/inconvenience.
But instead they just shut the street off for everybody else. Kind of ass-holeish of them, on a fundamental level. But then it becomes the people who were actually inconvenienced that are labeled the bad guys when they complain?
Smacks of a power play, small-town/neighborhood politics. Not knowing the neighborhood, you really can't tell who is ruining what for whom; who are the "snobs", really? Is it the guys that built the slip&slide, or is it the people they inconvenienced? If you'd ever experienced small-town politics, you'd be hesitant to make that call so fast as some who have posted in this thread have done.
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July 04, 2017, 02:57 PM
synthplayer"Roads are for cars, dammit!"
* One day out of the year
* Also stated by those who would burn our flag
Let's relax and enjoy some neighborly fun.
"Blocking the road!"
Of all the enemies the American citizen faces, the Democrat Party is the very worst. July 04, 2017, 02:58 PM
RogueJSK
Lighten up, Francis(es).
The officers, who were actually there and who actually known NC law, determined that it was fine.
And you can seen from the pictures and videos that the slip-and-slide only takes up a portion of the street no wider than the cars that are parked on the curb just past it. So the street wasn't blocked.
From
http://wlos.com/news/local/ash...od-4th-of-july-partyquote:
The officers told the residents that the slide was far enough over to the side that vehicles could safely get past
And from
http://www.wyff4.com/article/a...l-attention/10257770quote:
"Once we realized there were no laws being broken and everything was fine, we decided to mingle a little bit,"
So take a deep breath, smile, have a cold beverage, enjoy some barbecue, and just relax...
July 04, 2017, 02:59 PM
bigwagonquote:
Originally posted by RogueJSK:
Lighten up, Francis(es).
+1. Some people are just grumpy.
July 04, 2017, 03:02 PM
flashguyWell, unless it's a cul-de-sac or a dead-end street, it should be no problem, because there is an alternate route in and out. (Assuming that the only blocked driveways were the participating homes.) Admittedly it might be a slight inconvenience, but not worthy of making an issue of it.
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Texan by choice, not accident of birth July 04, 2017, 03:04 PM
darthfuster"My butt is wet..." lol Not a thing wrong with what I saw in that article. Absolutely love cops like these!
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mikeyspizza+1.
Reminds me of the kids playing basketball one in Florida last year
LinkJuly 04, 2017, 04:36 PM
Elk HunterSeems like some people are just natural born assholes, and have to complain about every thing.
Good on the cops!!
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July 04, 2017, 04:58 PM
HayesGreenerThis is commonly done (blocking the street) for block parties all over the country for various celebrations. Most cities will even bring barricades to block the roadway for a block party. My department's requirement was that emergency vehicles be able to pass and that someone be accountable. Obviously some neighbor's hemorrhoids were acting up.
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July 04, 2017, 07:29 PM
ukhayesSeems some of the neighbors are Sigforum members!
July 04, 2017, 07:50 PM
SapperSteelquote:
Originally posted by HayesGreener:
This is commonly done (blocking the street) for block parties all over the country for various celebrations. Most cities will even bring barricades to block the roadway for a block party. My department's requirement was that emergency vehicles be able to pass and that someone be accountable. Obviously some neighbor's hemorrhoids were acting up.
When the neighborhood has a block party, how do you know to go put up the barriers? Somebody from the neighborhood has to get a permit, right? Some sort of coordination takes place to make it a permitted use of the road for that time, right?
So why didn't the folks that threw the party do that coordination?
What I'm getting at here is that neighborhood/small-town politics are harder to figure out than what a first glance might make one think.
Yes, the people that complained might just be a bunch of sticks-in-the-mud, grumpy curmudgeons, mean people looking to hassle the people that threw the party.
Or, maybe the folks that threw the party were deliberately sticking a finger in the eye of the people that complained by just surprising them, showing them who's the alpha, who counts and who doesn't.
The ones partying should've done it right when they coordinated the party. They didn't. The ones complaining should've had more of a live-and-let-live attitude. They didn't. Why that situation exists is hard to say. Who is being the butt-head is hard to say.
That the cops didn't let themselves be used or act like dickheads at the bidding of one party or the other is good, shows that they were professional and even-handed.
Thanks,
Sap
July 05, 2017, 04:50 PM
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nice job on the cops
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July 05, 2017, 05:34 PM
Jimbo54I love the size difference of the two cops. He is a giant and she is small and petite. What a team.
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July 05, 2017, 08:51 PM
gloucestermenBefore reading the link I provided here I'd like to congratulate the officers on having some fun with the locals and spreading good will along the way. My daughter has lived full time in Asheville for the last 12 years so I have been there many, many, times. She has told me many stories of the past problems with the police department and hopefully things are better and getting better. This was not always the case.
http://www.citizen-times.com/s...ain-future/20944059/