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Title: Cops Raid Little Girls’ “Illegal” Lemonade Stand, Shut it Down for Operating Without a Permit
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Free Thought Project/KLTV
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/co ... e-stand-shut-operating-permit/
Published: Jun 10, 2015
Author: Matt Agorist
Post Date: 2015-06-10 20:43:55 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 33490
Comments: 204
Tyler, TX — Last week, police in Texas heroically saved the town from likes of two young girls who attempted to open a black market lemonade stand. The girls, one 7-year-old and one 8-year-old, dared to try to raise money to buy a Father’s day present for their dad by setting up a lemonade stand in their neighborhood. Andria and Zoey Green told ABC affiliate KLTV they were trying to raise about $100 for a Father’s Day present. They wanted to take him to Splash Kingdom. Over the weekend, the two young entrepreneurs took to the streets with their delicious batch of homemade lemonade and began to provide willing customers with their product. Only one hour into their business endeavour, these girls had raised 25% of their goal. However, their cash cow would be shut down not long after it started. Overton police chief Clyde Carter showed up along with the city code enforcer and shutdown their criminal operation. The girls had violated Texas House Bill 970, or the Texas Baker’s Bill, which does not allow the sale of food that needs time or temperature control to prevent it from spoiling. Since the lemonade would eventually grow mold after being left out for days, police said they needed an inspection from the health department and a permit to sell it and deemed their operation “illegal.” The cost of the permit is $150 dollars. “It is a lemonade stand, but they also have a permit that they are required to get,” Chief Carter said. “I think that’s ridiculous. I think they’re 7 and 8, and they’re just trying to make money for their own cause,” said Sandi Evans, the girls’ mother. The most absurd aspect of this ordeal is that the police know it’s a ridiculous law. However, they said ridiculous or not, it’s the law and they’ll keep enforcing it. “We have to follow by the state health guidelines,” said Carter. “They have to have a permit if they’re going to do the lemonade stands.” Police officers can certainly use discretion and choose not to “enforce” this law for use in such an asinine application. The fact that these girls had their good intentions ruined by those who claim to protect them speaks to the level of discontent with law enforcement in America today. The heartening side to this story is that these young girls are now learning to bypass this tyrannical system of bureaucratic nonsense. The girls said they will be setting up their lemonade stand again this weekend. Instead of selling it though, they will be giving it away, but they will gladly be accepting donations. Hopefully next week, we aren’t reading the story of these two Texas girls being raided by the IRS for tax evasion on their lemonade donations. But in today’s police state USA, it would be entirely expected. The most absurd aspect of this ordeal is that the police know it’s a ridiculous law. However, they said ridiculous or not, it’s the law and they’ll keep enforcing it. "Just following orders" Hmmm, where have I heard that before? Oh - now I remember. 
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#71. To: cranko (#1)
You know, when I think about this, it is so damn absurd. They will go after these little girls for not having a permit but nobody will dare mess with bake sales on college campuses that also have no permit to sell their goodies either!
Somewhat. However, cops can choose to not go to a lemonade stand call as it is not a priority manner. Just like the cops ignore all the calls on the 4th of July where I live of people complaining of fireworks. They nicely tell the residents it's the 4th of July but don't worry we will send a car to check it out. They drive by the neighborhoods but don't stop. That seems to be a sane approach to kids who are trying to make a little money. It seems to me to be the Pharisee effect. The Pharisees complained Jesus Christ healed on the Sabbath. They took the 'no work' to an extreme meaning not even doing good. Christ rebuked them for it. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. (Psalm 62:1-2)
I remember when my sister & I would do that as kids. We lived next door to one of the city Fire Stations. The firemen, and city cops were some of our best customers. Times sure have changed, and not for the best, no sir. Si vis pacem, para bellum
Selective enforcement. Instead, I say the Mayor and City Council should make exceptions for the lemonade stands and write the exceptions into the code.
Watch the video. The cop has his gun out and his knee in the back of a 14 year girl in a bathing suit. Watched. Do you know the definition of "pulling a gun"?? In any context of honest testimony, your hyperbolic hysteria is absolute baloney. The cop did NOT "pull" a gun "14 year old girls in a bathing suits" -- much less even a SINGLE "girl in a bathing suit." The cop unholstered his gun ONLY when two black teens to the right edge of his periphery vision made moves and a gesture that clearly threatened his personal space. You've fallen prey to the leftist media's shameless power of suggestion.
Yes it is, in spades. And naturally, the usual suspects jump in and defend this at all costs. And every one wonders why respect for LEO's is so low. Si vis pacem, para bellum
Yes. If you support nit-picking bullying and cowardice masquerading as "law enforcement." If anyone is going to get pissed off at someone for stopping kids from operating lemonade stands, then get pissed off at the Mayor and Council Members. They are the head honchos, the big dogs in charge, the bosses…. and the responsible individuals who control the actions by the city police officers. Why don't you just blame the Governor or President...OR, a Pastor?
Good find, but Martin Luther King had a similar quote, as did Henry David Thoreau and several others. The point is that the politicians and bureaucrats seems to have lost all common sense. Are we just going to sit here and take it because it's "the law"? That may have been the prudent approach in Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union, but not in America.
Times sure have changed, and not for the best, no sir. Yup. It's so sad. Those guys were our neighbors and our friends. I'm just surprised SWAT wasn't dispatched to "the scene of the crime" in this case. The acid from lemon is said to be very caustic, a potential "dirty bomb" so to speak.
+100. My very first thought.
People pick and choose all of the time. Right NOW, the cops in Baltimore have chosen not to make much of an effort, so crime is up and arrests are down. People pick and choose all of the time, including cops.
Funny how that works, huh?
Of course he and misterwhite would have obeyed the LAW because it was the LAW. ditto if they had lived in the Soviet Union -- they would have sent all of the street entrepreneurs to the gulag. They have an un-American view of the law.
Time well spent :-) Speaking of kids' baseball and this issue, do you remember as a LL'er going out in uniform with a container, and knocking on doors and apts for "contributions to help support" you local league? Needless to say (for several reasons) that'd be impossible these days. The least of which would be grumpy old, officious fascists who'd call the police, complaining that "I saw no ID or license for charities was displayed by the brats who barged into my gated communitah, then knocked at my door looking for fifty cents."
LOL. Like anybody we know? Si vis pacem, para bellum
We did not go door to door for the league. Parents paid for the league and sometimes that meant chores and using your own allowance---You only got an allowance back then by DOING things:) Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. (Psalm 62:1-2)
Yukon liked this word?
You forgot to mention Paultards. “Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
LOL. Like anybody we know? One lives in Arizona. “Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
Yeah, I believe he / she did. I have discovered it can be useful & applicable with some posters here, so I am borrowing it. Si vis pacem, para bellum
I tried to explain that to Mr White ( Barney )earlier, but he did not buy it. It was too much for his brain to comprehend. Si vis pacem, para bellum
Or, at least claims to. Si vis pacem, para bellum
The 14 year old girl in the bathing suit was just standing in a group of friends when the cop grabbed her and threw her to the ground. Watch the video -- before this, the girl kept moving away from the rest of the action. She wasn't threatening anyone. So, what did she do wrong? Oh, maybe the cop didn't like what she had to say. Tough shit.. We have something called the First Amendment that let's her say whatever she wants. The cop threw her to the ground. As as result of the cop's action, two of her friends ran passed the cop and one reached out to touch him. The cop pulled his gun and luckily two of his buddies stepped in to stop him or it would have been a bloody mess. Then the cop shoved his knee in the little girl's back. After he had her subdued he put the gun away. So yes, he had a gun pulled on a 14 year old girl in a bathing suit laying on the ground with his knee in her back. What did this girl do to deserve this??? Even the Police Chief says that the cop was out of control. How anyone can excuse his behavior is beyond me.
Or even any crack stands ran by bigger girls. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
I love a story with a happy ending. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Not if the mayor or the Police Chief tells them to do it. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
What they decided to do was follow the orders of their police chief who was following the orders of the mayor because they knew if they didn't they would be fired. Arguing the merits and morality of following the orders to keep a job is a separate argument. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
: ) There is something way too smug about Eva.
The 'cherry on top' to the story was hilarious and legendary. If you believe the sources (I knew a Field Artillery officer who lived with the lawyers) the "Farm House 5" (we tongue and cheek called them) in addition to the fine were ordered by the local magistrate to 'get out of his county' by sun down on graduation day:) The farm they rented used to have Nike Nuclear silos from the old, old Cold War days. So they called the barn bar the "Nike Nuclear Lounge." Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. (Psalm 62:1-2)
Of course, but I just don't see that happening in Tyler Texas. You would expect in a place like that the entire Sheriff's dept would show up to buy the lemonade. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. (Psalm 62:1-2)
If you really want to know, watch this video:
Nice find. An intelligent, logical, common sense black woman bucks the simple "cop wuz wrong!" rush-to-judgment narrative I've seen from Al Sharpton to Judge Napolitano to the pandering Mark Fuerman. She also dismisses the notion that ALL black people are jumping on this virulent anti-LE, leap-to-one-conclusion movement. Someone remind me -- just when did it become acceptable (and viral) for teens (or anyone for that matter) to ignore cops' commands at the scene, bait cops, and disrespect their space with impunity? Oh, that's right -- when the Agitator-in-Chief began setting the example back in 2009.
LOL. Like anybody we know? Heh...("GET OFF MY POSTAGE-STAMP SIZED LAWN!! NO HANDPRINTS ON MY 1998 BUICK!! HEY -- THAT'S MY MAALOX!!")
BINGO. Common sense isn't so common anymore (someone famous once said.)
Yeah, I guess I am a bit older than you -- things changed quickly. This was a commonly accepted protocol, and no one thought much about it. Just like being a newspaper boy and collecting from your customers door-to-door weekly.
You forgot to mention Paultards. HA!! Paultards. Gatlin's favorite bogeyman. Paultards are accused of everything from ruining a perfectly good "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq to hacking yu-klown.
"9-1-1?? Yes, I'd like to report a major disturbance. While trolling at some forum, I've been distracted by what appears a mini-iguana sporting a mohawk. It's been forcing my sensor light to go off every few seconds. I'll be expecting like a fleet of Crown Vics or SWAT to come by and handle this for me....cuz I'm a veteran of 25 years in the Salvation Army. Just look for my Buick with bumper sticker: 'PAULTARDS ARE SATAN!'. "
Aside from the fact that your narrative is complete bullcrap, who cares what this PC chicken*** Police Chief's opinion is?? The Police Chief is worried ONLY about NOT having to be a stand up man and leader. HE was out of control and panicked like a coward for tossing his guy under the bus in a matter of hours before any cursory examination of the elements of this over-hyped theater were considered. The KIDS were out of control; The entire party was out of control; and the media, sh*t--stirrers and idiots who indicted this cop based on a few minutes of video (as the reports from the residents confirm a place in total chaos) are out of control.
Nah!!! Paultards are my least favorite idiots.
He drives a Buick? I thought this was his everyday cruiser... “Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
You know I've still never figured out why someone would want to hack that stupid drunken slut anyway? There was no need he was dumb enough for 6 people. “Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestThe cops have been busting bake sales too.
#72. To: Gatlin (#70)
Make sense?
#73. To: redleghunter (#64)
" Plain stupid. We used to run these stands as kids to make enough money to do fun things in the summer. "
#74. To: redleghunter (#72)
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#75. To: cranko, Abcdefg (#10)
("pulling guns on 14 year old girls in bathing suits")
#76. To: goldilucky (#71)
" You know, when I think about this, it is so damn absurd. "
#77. To: Gatlin, redleghunter (#70)
Make sense?
#78. To: Gatlin (#18)
#79. To: Stoner, redleghunter (#73)
The firemen, and city cops were some of our best customers.
#80. To: redleghunter (#72)
It seems to me to be the Pharisee effect. The Pharisees complained Jesus Christ healed on the Sabbath. They took the 'no work' to an extreme meaning not even doing good. Christ rebuked them for it.
#81. To: Gatlin (#29)
But I don't see where and how a police officer gets to pick and choose which laws to enforce and which not to.
#82. To: redleghunter, Gatlin (#66)
I bet the police are not shutting down lemonade stands in Baltimore and Ferguson this summer...
#83. To: A Pole (#34)
If you lived in 1943 Germany would you disobey the law?! On what ground?
#84. To: redleghunter (#69)
Hate to say it but given the time of year with coaching baseball and the hours at work recently I have not been following much of FNC or any news source other than here and on the net.
#85. To: Liberator (#84)
" grumpy old, officious fascists who'd call the police, complaining that "I saw no ID or license for charities was displayed by the brats who barged into my gated communitah, then knocked at my door looking for fifty cents."
#86. To: Liberator (#84)
Speaking of kids' baseball and this issue, do you remember as a LL'er going out in uniform with a container, and knocking on doors and apts for "contributions to help support" you local league?
#87. To: Stoner (#63)
LOLAY
#88. To: Liberator (#77)
Why don't you just blame the Governor or President...OR, a Pastor?
#89. To: Stoner (#85)
" grumpy old, officious fascists who'd call the police, complaining that "I saw no ID or license for charities was displayed by the brats who barged into my gated communitah, then knocked at my door looking for fifty cents."
#90. To: A Pole (#87)
" Yukon liked this word? "
#91. To: cranko (#78)
" point is that the politicians and bureaucrats seems to have lost all common sense. "
#92. To: CZ82 (#89)
" One lives in Arizona. "
#93. To: misterwhite, gatlin, decker (#30)
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#94. To: redleghunter (#66)
I bet the police are not shutting down lemonade stands in Baltimore and Ferguson this summer...
#95. To: redleghunter (#68)
So they raided the place and arrested some of the renters. Turns out three of the 5 were high powered up and coming Army JAG lawyers.
#96. To: redleghunter (#72)
cops can choose to not go to a lemonade stand call as it is not a priority manner.
#97. To: cranko (#81)
Right NOW, the cops in Baltimore have chosen not to make much of an effort, so crime is up and arrests are down.
#98. To: redleghunter (#69)
Megan Kelly is becoming the Eva Braun for the hyper sexualized, pro gay, penthouse with Long Island McMansion East Coast wealthy who call themselves conservatives.
#99. To: sneakypete, CZ82 (#95)
I love a story with a happy ending.
#100. To: sneakypete, liberator (#96)
Not if the mayor or the Police Chief tells them to do it.
#101. To: cranko (#93)
"So, what did she do wrong?"
#102. To: misterwhite (#101)
#103. To: Stoner, CZ82 (#85)
(" grumpy old, officious fascists who'd call the police, complaining that "I saw no ID...")
#104. To: redleghunter (#64)
Here's where a little community common sense comes in. If LE felt they had to 'enforce' 7 year old girls to comply with the letter of the law, then all they had to do was tell the parents to dump out the lemonade at the end of the day. Problem solved.
#105. To: redleghunter (#86)
We did not go door to door for the league. Parents paid for the league and sometimes that meant chores and using your own allowance---You only got an allowance back then by DOING things:)
#106. To: CZ82, Stoner, Gatlin (#88)
(To Elroy: "Why don't you just blame the Governor or President...OR, a Pastor?")
#107. To: CZ82, Stoner (#89)
One ["grumpy old, officious fascist"] lives in Arizona.
#108. To: cranko (#93)
Even the Police Chief says that the cop was out of control.
#109. To: Liberator (#106)
HA!! Paultards. Gatlin's favorite bogeyman.
#110. To: Liberator (#107)
Just look for my Buick with bumper sticker: 'PAULTARDS ARE SATAN!'. "
#111. To: Liberator (#106)
to hacking yu-klown.
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