Can this REALLY be happening?????

I was SHOCKED to see this on WSOC TV tonight.....
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/17824196/detail.html?taf=char

So it appears that the police have more issues with skaterboarders again? It appears that they have nothing better to do in the fine town of Mooresville that to harass 7-15 year olds trying to have a good time at the PUBLIC skatepark, enjoying a little bit of free time they have in DAYLIGHT after school lets out until 6:30 PM??? And that is now when the time changes...oh well..... You know...you've heard of this new skatepark in Mooresville? The new $500K park with no lights, no water, no bathroom facilities...You know the park that the police are now throwing the kids out of ????

Seems that there is an issue with a sign that has been posted at the park (which is within skateboard's throw distance of the police station) that helmets and pads must be worn at all times or the skater is in danger of receiving a citation....Seems that there is a problem with kids not wearing the helmets and pads and with trash and smoking.....HMMMMM.....Let's think about this.....

1. When traveling to the local baseball fields are the police there to throw out every player on the field without elbow and knee pads although the baseball maybe coming at these tender body parts at 50-60 MPH? Umm...I don't think so. You see, that's baseball....The 'American' game.

2. Are the police there to write citations to a group of guys playing a game of weekend football in a public park for not wearing full pads and helmets? Again, No I don't think so.......

3. Are the police there to write citations to adults and kids alike for leaving their trash behind at high school football games on Friday night? Middle school games? Downtown street festivals?

4. Are helmets and pads required in soccer.?...You know, I don't think I've ever seen any player wearing them, although they are kicking the @*&$ out of their competitors to recover that ball.

5. What about golfers? FORE!!! God forbid that golf ball comes barreling down on someone's head without helmet protection....Not to mention the beer drinking and cigar/cigarette smoking by adults on the city course with kids along side.

Town of Mooresville....get your act together....This is the biggest up and coming sport in the WORLD.....The police force is too busy taking $150-200 boards away from a 12 year old and not even being concerned with the crack heads that treat downtown Mooresville after Midnight like open season....They are robbing the stores BLIND!!!! Do the police care about that? Obviosuly not, the crime wave from this past summer has never been solved even with companies submitting video footage of the robbers, and eyewitness accounts...

The proposed name of the skatepark is COPS - City Owned Place to Skate...gimme a break....This park can be a DRAW to the local economy filling up hotels and restaurants..especially if PHASE II ever comes to fruition...It can be a destination spot for skaters from all over the Southeast..If you continue with this crap that was pulled on WSOC tonight you just wasted over a half million dollars of the tax payers money.

It should be THE PARENTS decsion whether their child/skater should wear pads...I can understand the helmet issue...but PLEASE don't have Captain Phil Blocker out on the public skatepark and stating that (in his words) "THIS IS MY HOUSE" ...Because he did...I was there. I wish I had a video of that...next time we will. This is not Mr. Blocker's house...this was built for the skateboarders by the Mooresville taxpayers.