Neighbors, Kids, Police, and Virtue Signaling

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  • ENDuRUN

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    Jun 13, 2021
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    Some kids were fighting each other after they hit cars with a ball in our neighborhood and wrote expletives in someones parking space. Someone, not me, called the police on them. It is definitely a bit extreme, but our local town PD does a good job with community policing and responding appropriately to complaints.

    The parent of the children who did these things and had the police called on them was outraged, saying it was a gross overreaction. These kids are very nice and respectful to me, always saying hello Mr. ENDuRUN. They are 6 and 8 and almost never have adult supervision outside - I'm okay with that generally, but they've gotten into some trouble that might warrant an extra set of adult eyes.

    These kids come to me to fix their bikes, to play with my kids, to show me their new toy, bike, scooter, etc. I like them.

    What really grinds my gears is that their parent just complained about the police being called but never addressed their kids behaviors. What got me even more heated was another neighbor who is constantly virtue signaling, hanging pride flags and black lives matter flags. She literally said "I don't trust the police and wouldn't call them even if I needed help."

    Our town PD has never been, to my knowledge, accused of inappropriate behavior. They are great with community policing. They have helped me personally by investigating vandalism to my car and catching the men who did it. I just can't fathom how someone could say something so ignorant.
     

    Matlack

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    Dec 15, 2008
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    You probably should have addressed the issue with the parents when they showed up complaining about the police rather than their kids.
     

    Speedfreak

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    Jun 16, 2021
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    Some kids were fighting each other after they hit cars with a ball in our neighborhood and wrote expletives in someones parking space. Someone, not me, called the police on them. It is definitely a bit extreme, but our local town PD does a good job with community policing and responding appropriately to complaints.

    The parent of the children who did these things and had the police called on them was outraged, saying it was a gross overreaction. These kids are very nice and respectful to me, always saying hello Mr. ENDuRUN. They are 6 and 8 and almost never have adult supervision outside - I'm okay with that generally, but they've gotten into some trouble that might warrant an extra set of adult eyes.

    These kids come to me to fix their bikes, to play with my kids, to show me their new toy, bike, scooter, etc. I like them.

    What really grinds my gears is that their parent just complained about the police being called but never addressed their kids behaviors. What got me even more heated was another neighbor who is constantly virtue signaling, hanging pride flags and black lives matter flags. She literally said "I don't trust the police and wouldn't call them even if I needed help."

    Our town PD has never been, to my knowledge, accused of inappropriate behavior. They are great with community policing. They have helped me personally by investigating vandalism to my car and catching the men who did it. I just can't fathom how someone could say something so ignorant.

    We definitely live in surreal times where so many choose immorality as their path. I see it getting much worse before it gets better too. Maybe the tribulation period is near???
     

    welder516

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    Jun 8, 2013
    27,297
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    I was miffed by a young idiot teacher that is a member of our Optimist Club , after the meeting was some conversation about BLM and he said the Org. is peaceful and he has went to rallies with them SMH he also said CRT is a great thing .
    My friend pulled the kid away after 10 minutes or so to save him . That kid (grown azz man) was as dumb as AOC and could have been her brother . I could have spent hours talking to him but it would have not made a difference i sure hope he was not a history teacher .

    People (socialist) will not change easily , they are dug in .
     

    Mightydog

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    Parent or parents? That could be the problem there. Parent that has no time to actually be a parent and discipline their kid. What if it was your car that was dented by a ball? Remember…no consequences then no deterrent to doing the act…again or something worse.
     

    XCheckR

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    Mar 20, 2013
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    Remember…no consequences then no deterrent to doing the act…again or something worse.

    This...

    And if it was minor, then the police come, have a chat with kids and parent(s) and move on...

    Maybe they get the message...
     

    alucard0822

    For great Justice
    Oct 29, 2007
    17,643
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    Parents DGAF about their kids, kids act up, it becomes someone else's problem, someone else handles it, parents continue to train their kids to be felons, repeat. Happens everywhere, if you have positive interactions with the kids, keep doing so, it's important, and they WILL remember it. Kids that have crap for parents will never break those chains unless they have enough support, and can see behavior different from what they know. No problem with the PD being called, in fact if your PD is that good and supportive in the community, probably good to work with them, and keep in touch. Lots of good officers will answer their phone for you any time, any place, and want to help, probbably the reason they took such a tough job in the first place. Many times kids that are neglected suffer from abuse, especially if their parents are overly hostile to anyone checking up on their kids. Have seen a few abusers get nabbed because of a concerned person, but also a neighbor angry that the kids were doing hoodrat stuff.

    As far as the virtue signaling neighbor, if they really wouldn't call police if they were in need of help, good, it's a problem that could fix itself. Free speech is a wonderful thing though, pick up a thin blue line flag, place it outside, don't have to make a big deal about it, but that officer that works on community policing might appreciate it. I have one out front of my house, know the local police by name, and am free to call with any concerns. Keeps the place relatively nice, they always hand out goodies to the kids, and got a warning instead of a speeding ticket once or twice.
     

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