{"id":230,"date":"2006-09-12T10:19:25","date_gmt":"2006-09-12T17:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opendna.com\/uncategorized\/2006\/230"},"modified":"2022-11-08T12:26:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T12:26:25","slug":"manhattan-beach-skateboarding-is-a-crime-2000-fine-1-year-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opendna.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/12\/manhattan-beach-skateboarding-is-a-crime-2000-fine-1-year-in-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan Beach: Skateboarding is a Crime ($2000 Fine, 1 Year in Jail)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The criminalization of youth continues, same as it  ever did.  Relying on the same tired excuses of protecting public property from use by under-aged citizens and protecting kids from the risks of physical activity, the Manhattan Beach city council banned jumping &#8220;on or over objects&#8221; on a skateboard. Violating the ban, which is inclusive of both public and private property, carries a penalty of up to 1 year in jail and a fine of up to $2000.<\/p>\n<p>The ban was reportedly inspired by the sudden popularity of new concrete plazas at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.manhattan-beach.ca.us\/commdev\/sections\/metlox\/index.htm\">Metlox project<\/a>, a commercial redevelopment which includes a &#8220;police and fire facility&#8221;. &#8220;It was like a total attraction,&#8221; said Deputy City Manager Sherilyn Lombos. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how they find it, if they put a bulletin out, a press release.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The police made it a high priority to be out there and to talk to the skateboarders and say, &#8216;No skateboarding is allowed here,'&#8221; said Lombos. With Burglary down 6.2%, robbery down 26%, DUIs down 43% and arrests down 31%, it only makes sense to write new laws for Manhattan Beach officers to enforce.<\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;re going to criminalize the activities of class of citizens, it&#8217;s best that they not be able to vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The criminalization of youth continues, same as it ever did. Relying on the same tired excuses of protecting public property from use by under-aged citizens and protecting kids from the risks of physical activity, the Manhattan Beach city council banned jumping &#8220;on or over objects&#8221; on a skateboard. Violating the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[210],"tags":[41,17,63],"class_list":["post-230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-essays","tag-law","tag-politics","tag-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opendna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opendna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opendna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opendna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opendna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/opendna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1889,"href":"https:\/\/opendna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230\/revisions\/1889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opendna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opendna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opendna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}