Ideally, we all want to live in a nation of laws. But we certainly hope the laws are rational, based on the premise of the public good, and enforced with common sense as guidance.
On a recent visit to Panama City Beach in Florida, an Alabama youth minister and his family were confronted by police for building a sand castle on the beach.
What seemed to be an innocent activity for the father and his 7-year old son turned into a confrontation that prompted the response of four police cruisers to the scene to deal with the “criminal” activity.
Learn how Bryant Rylee’s request for a simple explanation of the ordinance police cited turned into an event where he was punished for having innocent fun with his son. The story unfolds on the next page.
RU kidding me! How petty can people get? When did it become illegal to build a sand castle?
We’re living in a Twilight Zone episode.
Ridiculous
That is why I go to the beach to play in the sand.
What, it didn’t meet city codes?!
And then cops wonder why they are considered bad guys because incidents like this make them out to be thugs hell bent on serving tyranny then protecting
The Law Of Unintended Consequences & The Law Of Lack Of Applying Common Sense
It is sand, right!!!!!!!
Al Gore jets all around the world dumping tons of pollution into the atmosphere while he lies about Climate Change and gets paid Million$ of dollars for doing do. This guy digs a 1 foot deep hole on a sand beach with – Oh the Horror! – a metal shovel (probably has a metal pail too) and gets fined for it. Is it just me or does anyone else think there something wrong with our system of values in the 21st Century?
Is it all starting to come together yet.