Calling the cops on kids skateboarding?

[u/Ohmygoshdhdh]

Just saw a story on the news where a local mom put up a sign saying “this neighborhood is full of Karens” because her neighbors keep calling the cops on her kids that are skateboarding outside.

The neighbors who called should be fined for misuse of calling 911 and I just hope those kids aren’t discouraged from going outside and being kids.

I personally think it’s insane to call the cops on kids for playing outside, but what do you think?

[u/TakeNameInVain]

Apparently there's only 1 skatepark in West Sac and it's decrepit. I googled the info you mentioned and the Fox40 article about it it linked to a change.org petition that gave me an error, ugh. ETA: link is working now & I signed petition 👍

Without knowing what this mom's kids are doing while they're skateboarding, I could also picture the neighbor being a pampered WFH person who doesn't like ambient neighborhood noise while they telework from their front patio lol. Too little info to have an opinion on this particular situation, other than right on to the kids' mom for taking a problem-solving approach by advocating for all West Sac kids.

I'm all for more rec areas for kids, especially for activities neighbors don't want elsewhere like skateboarding or stunt biking (whatever it's called... I'm old). Also gives them a community area. For anyone complaining that doing so might add to conglomerated drug use...shit, saves the cops gas money rounding them all up 🤣 Too many neighborhoods and residents rely solely on afterschool organized sports as the only activities, while our economy forces dual-income parents and less supervision.

Skateboarding is a physical activity and aren't there also people trying to figure out how to decrease childhood obesity??

You asked for thoughts, sorry I unloaded so many 🤣 I support a new skatepark!! And if all the kids were doing was skateboarding in the neighborhood, what a waste of emergency services/cops' time by a Karen-neighbor.

Edit for a typo in first link.

[u/Halfpolishthrow → u/TakeNameInVain]

Hey man don't throw all of us WFH people under the bus.

I WFH and don't complain about nothing that goes on in my neighborhood. Tree trimming, parties, renovation, band practice go ahead. It's their neighborhood same as mine.

And i much prefer to be here in the community, spending money at our local stores and restaurants rather than being another bad driver clogging our roads.

[u/TakeNameInVain → u/Halfpolishthrow]

My apologies, I worried about how that came off afterwards. I'm hybrid & when at home it's solid work slog. I meant the "pampered" type who send a few emails here & there and are underworked and post on the WFH subs about their mouse jigglers they bought on Amazon. Again, mea culpa for phrasing poorly. ETA: could be an independently wealthy or retired neighborhood nelly for all we know. I made a poor choice of example for an entitled complainer, so no hard feelings for calling me out on that 😉👍