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Solly Mack

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7. Damn

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Fri Jun 29, 2018, 11:51 AM

Jun 2018

I am not about to complain about someone inadvertently mowing my lawn. If anything, I'm hoping they'll keep mowing until they are done. I'd happily pay for the oopsie too.

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12-year-old black kid gets cops called on him for cutting neighbors' grass [View all] workinclasszero Jun 2018 OP

Cleveland. Area Cops & kids have a history irisblue Jun 2018 #1

...Fields had inadvertently cut some of the grass on their property... OnlinePoker Jun 2018 #2

Or be happy you got part of your yard cut for free. mythology Jun 2018 #6

Holy shit go out and bring him a lemonade, stupid git! lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #19

That's The First Thing I Thought, Myth ProfessorGAC Jun 2018 #53

Seriously!! Caliman73 Jun 2018 #8

I wish some kid would accidentally mow my lawn! workinclasszero Jun 2018 #11

Oh for Fuck's Sake... calimary Jun 2018 #37

Frivolous 911 callers should be fined!! Delmette2.0 Jun 2018 #46

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2018 #66

For some reason I already thought they could be. I guess not. dameatball Jun 2018 #76

Or, perhaps 911 operators should be trained to tell idiots to fuck off flibbitygiblets Jun 2018 #77

+1000 Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2018 #78

Much better than my suggestion. Delmette2.0 Jun 2018 #80

"911 - what's your emergency" AdamGG Jun 2018 #84

If you are going to call the police at all... cannabis_flower Jun 2018 #85

Yes! DesertRat Jun 2018 #90

Hell they should be jailed 47of74 Jun 2018 #100

The stupid it burns mythology Jun 2018 #3

GOOD HEAVENS. forgotmylogin Jun 2018 #26

It's not because the grass got cut, it was who cut it that was the problem for these people. George II Jun 2018 #74

Yep, exactly. forgotmylogin Jun 2018 #79

Based on what? Beartracks Jun 2018 #92

According to the article these neighbors seem to call the police a lot rpannier Jun 2018 #104

Are you saying it happened more than once? rumble Jun 2018 #73

They left out part of the story exboyfil Jun 2018 #4

Bingo dalton99a Jun 2018 #13

That's what needs to happen. Start punishing these racist assholes. Garrett78 Jun 2018 #75

Why have you decided the caller was racist? Beartracks Jun 2018 #94

Rubbish ! Shame on you for such disingenuous pedantry on Joe Chi Minh Jun 2018 #98

We're not blind or stupid MaryMagdaline Jun 2018 #103

The people next door (according to Mr Holt0 have a history of calling the police rpannier Jun 2018 #105

Conclusively even then, not just presumptively evil MaryMagdaline Jun 2018 #108

Probably were hoping Crutchez_CuiBono Jun 2018 #5

Damn Solly Mack Jun 2018 #7

A company accidentally fertilized my lawn once. louis-t Jun 2018 #36

Did you complain? Solly Mack Jun 2018 #42

N-n-n-n-ope. louis-t Jun 2018 #59

I would have been dancing right beside you. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #71

I wonder how that racist dipshits feel knowimg that their actions GoCubsGo Jun 2018 #9

+1 appalachiablue Jun 2018 #27

How is the caller racist? Beartracks Jun 2018 #93

Colloquially referred to as "most likely." LanternWaste Jul 2018 #112

I'm glad the kid got more business, but how stupid is it The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #10

In other words, they would be ok with the cops shooting him dead. dalton99a Jun 2018 #12

Truth too many sickos don't want to see that nice kid out side their front window . Don't care how lunasun Jun 2018 #32

yup , who the fuck calls cops on something like this JI7 Jun 2018 #96

Such idiots! Ohiogal Jun 2018 #14

Ah, neighbors and lawn mowing unblock Jun 2018 #15

Where I live, neighbors generally cut a little into MineralMan Jun 2018 #16

I was just about to post the same thing. My neighbors and I do the same thing. Lochloosa Jun 2018 #21

Well, not all neighbors are neighborly, I guess. MineralMan Jun 2018 #25

LOL...we would make good neighbors. A park ranger in NC once told my wife... Lochloosa Jun 2018 #28

I share a snake with my neighbors ProudLib72 Jun 2018 #39

Excellent. Since we have dogs, no snakes live in our yard. MineralMan Jun 2018 #40

That reminds me. One of our dogs "discovered" the snake early this spring ProudLib72 Jun 2018 #44

Well, one of our dogs found a toad (bufo variety) in the backyard. MineralMan Jun 2018 #55

I'm like you hibbing Jun 2018 #48

Some people seem to take it as an assertion of adverse possession jberryhill Jun 2018 #58

I Do It All The Time ProfessorGAC Jun 2018 #56

Sensible people don't worry about things like that. MineralMan Jun 2018 #61

I'm between two neighbors that are polar opposites. Delmette2.0 Jun 2018 #57

For God's sake, were those idiots too afraid of a 12 year old AA kid that sinkingfeeling Jun 2018 #17

Give it a week or two and safeinOhio Jun 2018 #18

When we lived in Indiana, phylny Jun 2018 #20

Aww workinclasszero Jun 2018 #22

Yup. Looks like a dangerous character to me. lpbk2713 Jun 2018 #23

IKR? workinclasszero Jun 2018 #24

What a shitty way to encourage a kid who's trying to earn some summer money. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2018 #29

What a great attitude! arithia Jun 2018 #30

Wonder if the cops checked him out for a business license packman Jun 2018 #31

Maybe the neighbors have something to hide in their yard. McCamy Taylor Jun 2018 #33

This is beyond absurd. potone Jun 2018 #34

I LOVE HIS SPIRIT!!! YOU GO, REGGIE! N/T secondwind Jun 2018 #35

Our black children always learn a hard lesson on how some whites will treat us as a people BumRushDaShow Jun 2018 #38

Whoever called should be cited and fined relayerbob Jun 2018 #41

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2018 #68

I used to do this heaven05 Jun 2018 #43

Not all Trumpinistas are bigots, but all bigots are Trumpinistas The Wizard Jun 2018 #63

Called the cops because he cut their grass? paleotn Jun 2018 #45

And his business has now gone through the ROOF!! 1/2 the city is calling him, story: 7962 Jun 2018 #47

YAY! workinclasszero Jun 2018 #52

Lucille"s Facebook video is priceless. grantcart Jun 2018 #65

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2018 #67

Bet it was Rover ;) nt RandiFan1290 Jun 2018 #49

At least they didn't claim the lawnmower looked like a weapon IronLionZion Jun 2018 #50

K&R Scurrilous Jun 2018 #51

911, people. Stop calling it. Iggo Jun 2018 #54

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2018 #60

The neighbor who called had his phone set to live stream the shooting and had LiberalArkie Jun 2018 #62

In my city there's a 311 number that you can call to report minor complaints. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #64

This going viral will likely be great for this kid oberliner Jun 2018 #69

Really pathetic how some people get so enraged about their yards. MicaelS Jun 2018 #70

Rand Paul is such a dick. dhol82 Jun 2018 #110

I wonder recentevents Jun 2018 #72

Just how big of an asshole do you have to be to call cops because some kid cut part of your grass? toddwv Jun 2018 #81

I love it when someone mow's part of my yard. blueinredohio Jun 2018 #82

Some more of that good ol' fashioned civility we're supposed to abide by now! Initech Jun 2018 #83

"Trapped in our house, terrified! Outside, a child with a lawn-mower! Could be a gang-member! struggle4progress Jun 2018 #86

I live in Maple Heights... -_O_- Jun 2018 #87

Tin soldiers & Nixon's coming.... raven mad Jun 2018 #88

all u libz are so gullible ... obviously he was casing the neighborhood for a transnational gang mr_lebowski Jun 2018 #89

Spot on ! Pro-active policing of organised crime. He could have been a don. Joe Chi Minh Jun 2018 #99

I'd hire that kid to mow my lawn anytime! mokawanis Jun 2018 #91

Little kid.. can't even cut the lawn.. do his job Cha Jun 2018 #95

You should have an offence like the one we have in the UK of Joe Chi Minh Jun 2018 #97

But wait, there's more ... left-of-center2012 Jun 2018 #101

Apparently that neighbor workinclasszero Jun 2018 #102

Yup, the news video is very much Pro Kids and... Guilded Lilly Jun 2018 #107

I came to bdamomma Jun 2018 #106

Ironically bucolic_frolic Jun 2018 #109

Maple Heights property lines -_O_- Jul 2018 #111

"Just give me a call," he tells News 5 Cleveland. "I will be there. On time!" Tom Rinaldo Jul 2018 #113