I was sitting on my front porch yesterday with my neighbor when we heard a helicopter approaching. My home is a few houses down from the junior high school, so I jokingly said, "They are probably headed to the school to break up a fight."Then we heard a siren . . . about 50 yards away. Next, a voice over a loud speaker repeating, "Break it up. Get on your bikes and go home."
No way.
Thank goodness my teenage son was not at the school, but in our house eating Tostitos on the couch with some friends (and getting crumbs all over the place).
"The cops are busting up a fight at your school. Who do you think it is?" I yelled into the house.
My son proceeded to run out the door, hop on his bike, and head for the school.
"They just said to get on your bikes and go home!" Oh well. "Don't get arrested!" I added, as he sped down the street.
My son returned a few minutes later with a report. "Some kid told me it started out between 2 eighth graders," he said, "then a bunch more kids joined in."
"Like West Side Story!" I said, trying to sound cool.
"Huh?"
"Never mind."
Don't you think it's odd that a police helicopter was deployed for an after school fight? The fact that they had to tell the kids to "Get on your bikes and go home," instead of "Drop your weapons," proves that it was a waste of taxpayer's money.
No wonder the state of California is broke.
-Lela
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Wait let me get this straight. They called out a HELICOPTER and a megaphone to make some KIDS ON BIKES break up a fight?? OH dear Lord, round here it would be 1 cop with the warnign " Don't make me call your mama, you kids break it up".. Seriously and many kids around here do have guns and knives but never think to pull them out in a fight or bring them out with the guns cause well that ain't a fair fight. You duke it out one on one and if a friend jumps in so does one of the other guys.. Dirty fighting is for wimps and will get ya beat behind the barn like the wimpy butt ya are when your friends AIN'T around tohelp ya..
Haaa! Get on your bikes and go home....
As I was leaving work yesterday there was a fleet of ghetto-birds (aka helicopters) hoovering above and around our school building. Something was brewing but I for sure didn't stick around.
Around here it would be DROP YOUR WEAPONS and pull up your pants
Freaky! When I was teaching, we had to go on full lick down cuz a bobcat was on campus- so not the drama of CAli I guess!
LOL! That helicopter is crazy!!
Wouldn't it be cool if it was like West Side Story and they all broke out into song and dance?! Snapping to the rythem?
I just love that movie....
That is HILARIOUS! I am so glad he rode over to find out what the problem was! Don't they know that no one ever walks away from a fight. Everyone wants to see the action : )
Hmmmm. Something doesn't sound right. I figure the chopper just happened to be in the area when the call went out, and they beat the patrol cars there. They don't just send a whirly bird to a school for a fight. There had to be an unusual reason they were in the area.
OK. This is hilarious!!
Wow. What a crazy waste of resources!
That is insane!
That is nuts.
um yeah I'm with you. govenator fail
"Put the pencils down! You may poke someone's eye out."
What's next? Let kids be kids.
I'm pRETTY sure you're being serious here, Lela! Wow. Unreal!
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