A rent-a-cop jumped out of the bushes...

[BannedFromDU]

independentpiney (1,335 posts)

My daughter was stopped from walking on a public sidewalk by a security guard

for the retirement community she passes in front of on her nightly walk/jog . The woman asked her how old she was, and after telling her she was 20, the rent a cop told her their residents had been complaining about loud teens walking by and they like to keep the residents happy. She responded that she was an adult and was wearing ear buds, to which the woman told her "just move to the other side of the street". Not wanting confrontation, my daughter crossed the street for the last three blocks home.

She's incredulous and feels sort of humiliated. I'm really pissed off. I've told her not to change her route and to make sure she puts her phone on record before any future encounters. I would think this has to be some sort of civil rights violation, even though it's minor in comparison to so many others happening every day.

Why is EVERYTHING some kind of offense requiring intervention?


Hi, I'm a liberal. I believe that a security guard for a nursing home can violate my civil rights."   


20 posts, mostly huffy, many of which suggest she call the police. Gee, I thought police were the bad guys.

[DLR Pyro]

A few questons..

Is your daughter black?

Did this happen in Florida?

Was the rent-a-cop's name Zimmerman by any chance?

Was your daughter carrying a bag of skittles?

Was the rest-a-cop a white hispanic?

[SVPete]

Geesh! Sounds like 20YO daughter might be more mature than her mother. I mean, she didn't scream at the security guard ...

[Ptarmigan]

I call BS on this one. 

[GOBUCKS]

She's a hooker.

[JakeStyle]

She's a hooker.

And it wasn't a retirement home, it was a truck stop.

[HawkHogan]

Why is EVERYTHING some kind of offense requiring intervention?


Hi, I'm a liberal. I believe that a security guard for a nursing home can violate my civil rights."   


20 posts, mostly huffy, many of which suggest she call the police. Gee, I thought police were the bad guys.

Where's the state action Dummy?

[JohnnyReb]

It won't be long until they have to rent someone for their bouncies to stand in line at the grocery store.

[Ptarmigan]

It won't be long until they have to rent someone for their bouncies to stand in line at the grocery store.

Rent A Bouncy

[I_B_Perky]

She's a hooker.

And it wasn't a retirement home, it was a truck stop.