Ding dong ditching and cops brought home

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OP was naïve for thinking six eighth graders would go innocently play at a park at 10pm, the kids were typical dumb teenagers, deciding that annoying neighbors would be fun (who does this in the era of doorbell cameras?), and police resources were used to break up mischief rather than go after actual criminals, but the biggest problem by far is that this is a country where there are enough people who would shoot a gun at someone fleeing their home after ringing the doorbell that the police predict you’ll get shot for doing that. That’s extremely disturbing.

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The cops brought home a group of kids who were…..walking around? Does your area have a teen curfew? What law were they breaking?

This.

Is there anything actually illegal happening here?

I'm not going to argue that this was a "nice" or "neighborly" thing to do, but it seems pretty harmless.

Agree. The police way overreacted by bringing them home.
They weren't doing anything illegal.

They were doing plenty stupid though weren’t they.

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The cops brought home a group of kids who were…..walking around? Does your area have a teen curfew? What law were they breaking?

This.

Is there anything actually illegal happening here?

I'm not going to argue that this was a "nice" or "neighborly" thing to do, but it seems pretty harmless.

They weren’t charged with doing anything illegal.

Emden of its not illegal its stupid. Like the police said people have guns and will use them. Right canderas are everywhere. It's not like the old days where you can set off cherry bombs at the park.

It’s not stupid. It’s nasty. They’re waking up kids, the elderly, people who are trying to get some decent sleep for an early morning at work. Where is the empathy?

I think this is the angle that you should take when talking with your kid about it. No, don't ground them for a month, but do give some sort of punishment. If they will tell you which houses, perhaps you should go over there with them to apologize and offer to do some yard work for the homeowner. If they can't (or don't want to) remember which houses, then take away phones and screens for a couple of days and have them do chores at your house. Remind them that they need to be very, very careful and think of scared people with guns in their homes. Tell them that you never ever again want the cops to come to your door to discuss your son.

With your lax discipline your kids will been doing it again next week and you’ll be planning a funeral for the one that got shot. Discipline them more harshly the first time especially when young so they think twice before they act next time. A few days without a phone might be worth it to try again, but grounded for a month I’d think twice if I were a kid. They’re not making prank calls they’re knocking on doors of people with guns, think about that next time before you assign 2 days discipline.

This how gun nuts have ruined our society. It's sad to tell kids that neighbors could shoot them.

They aren’t kids, they’re 13 year old teenagers that should know better. Where I’m from you never roll up on someone’s house you don’t know after dark or you might get shot. Been that way even before I was born, seems like common sense.

That’s not common sense. You’re so warped by gun culture that you think that’s normal?!

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Anonymous wrote:OP was naïve for thinking six eighth graders would go innocently play at a park at 10pm, the kids were typical dumb teenagers, deciding that annoying neighbors would be fun (who does this in the era of doorbell cameras?), and police resources were used to break up mischief rather than go after actual criminals, but the biggest problem by far is that this is a country where there are enough people who would shoot a gun at someone fleeing their home after ringing the doorbell that the police predict you’ll get shot for doing that. That’s extremely disturbing.

The only thing disturbed is the OP and her teenage son she didn’t raise with any respect. Respect yourself, respect others, respect property, respect the elderly, respect authority, respect your position as the parent, the list goes on and on. This has nothing to do with gun’s and everything tO do with OPs poor parenting.

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Anonymous wrote:OP was naïve for thinking six eighth graders would go innocently play at a park at 10pm, the kids were typical dumb teenagers, deciding that annoying neighbors would be fun (who does this in the era of doorbell cameras?), and police resources were used to break up mischief rather than go after actual criminals, but the biggest problem by far is that this is a country where there are enough people who would shoot a gun at someone fleeing their home after ringing the doorbell that the police predict you’ll get shot for doing that. That’s extremely disturbing.

The only thing disturbed is the OP and her teenage son she didn’t raise with any respect. Respect yourself, respect others, respect property, respect the elderly, respect authority, respect your position as the parent, the list goes on and on. This has nothing to do with gun’s and everything tO do with OPs poor parenting.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m just imagining some poor old woman in bed whose doorbell rings and she has to get up slowly and painfully and go to the door, all for some dumb prank. Or some woman home alone who sees teenagers darting around her lawn and then knock on her door. I would be absolutely terrified.

This is not a funny prank for post pubescent males to play- banging on doors where there might be one teenage girl home alone? Or an elderly person? If I saw a bunch of teen boys look like they were trying to get me to come to the door I’d absolutely call the cops and I wouldn’t sleep that night

Oh the drama!!!! It must be so hard to be you.

Do I think it's ok to be knocking on people's doors at 10 pm, NO. But you take it to the whole new level. 8th grade boys are not post pubecent. They are in the middle of being really dumb for a few years. They do dumb things. It's ok that they do dumb things at 13/14 rather than at 23/24. That's what childhood used to be for. If they were all grown and able to make rational, mature decisions they wouldn't need us.

Some 13 year olds have mustaches, tell me they aren’t post pubescent.

What does having a mustache have to do with their ability to make good decisions. They are still dumb 13 year olds as they should be. They aren't grown yet.

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Anonymous wrote:OP was naïve for thinking six eighth graders would go innocently play at a park at 10pm, the kids were typical dumb teenagers, deciding that annoying neighbors would be fun (who does this in the era of doorbell cameras?), and police resources were used to break up mischief rather than go after actual criminals, but the biggest problem by far is that this is a country where there are enough people who would shoot a gun at someone fleeing their home after ringing the doorbell that the police predict you’ll get shot for doing that. That’s extremely disturbing.

The only thing disturbed is the OP and her teenage son she didn’t raise with any respect. Respect yourself, respect others, respect property, respect the elderly, respect authority, respect your position as the parent, the list goes on and on. This has nothing to do with gun’s and everything tO do with OPs poor parenting.

Lol

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Anonymous wrote:OP was naïve for thinking six eighth graders would go innocently play at a park at 10pm, the kids were typical dumb teenagers, deciding that annoying neighbors would be fun (who does this in the era of doorbell cameras?), and police resources were used to break up mischief rather than go after actual criminals, but the biggest problem by far is that this is a country where there are enough people who would shoot a gun at someone fleeing their home after ringing the doorbell that the police predict you’ll get shot for doing that. That’s extremely disturbing.

The only thing disturbed is the OP and her teenage son she didn’t raise with any respect. Respect yourself, respect others, respect property, respect the elderly, respect authority, respect your position as the parent, the list goes on and on. This has nothing to do with gun’s and everything tO do with OPs poor parenting.

I just love how some of you act like you were never 13 and dumb.

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The cops brought home a group of kids who were…..walking around? Does your area have a teen curfew? What law were they breaking?

This.

Is there anything actually illegal happening here?

I'm not going to argue that this was a "nice" or "neighborly" thing to do, but it seems pretty harmless.

They weren’t charged with doing anything illegal.

Emden of its not illegal its stupid. Like the police said people have guns and will use them. Right canderas are everywhere. It's not like the old days where you can set off cherry bombs at the park.

It’s not stupid. It’s nasty. They’re waking up kids, the elderly, people who are trying to get some decent sleep for an early morning at work. Where is the empathy?

Fine. It's nasty (in your mind, but we'll go with that). Still not illegal, and calling the police (or pulling a gun!!) is absurd.

It is illegal, which is the part that is absurd.

A ding dong ditch is illegal? OK. Can I get a cite for that, please?

We're gonna need a lockup around Halloween for all the elementary schoolers in my neighborhood.

Again, the cops never wrote up the kids for an illegal act. This is along the lines of a noise violation in terms of police involvement. It’s a disruption to the peace of the neighborhood and a nuisance to others.

Sounds like it's annoying . . . but not illegal. Just like I said.

Not illegal but also not harmless, which is also what was said in this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:OP was naïve for thinking six eighth graders would go innocently play at a park at 10pm, the kids were typical dumb teenagers, deciding that annoying neighbors would be fun (who does this in the era of doorbell cameras?), and police resources were used to break up mischief rather than go after actual criminals, but the biggest problem by far is that this is a country where there are enough people who would shoot a gun at someone fleeing their home after ringing the doorbell that the police predict you’ll get shot for doing that. That’s extremely disturbing.

The only thing disturbed is the OP and her teenage son she didn’t raise with any respect. Respect yourself, respect others, respect property, respect the elderly, respect authority, respect your position as the parent, the list goes on and on. This has nothing to do with gun’s and everything tO do with OPs poor parenting.

Gun fetishist

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Anonymous wrote:

The cops brought home a group of kids who were…..walking around? Does your area have a teen curfew? What law were they breaking?

This.

Is there anything actually illegal happening here?

I'm not going to argue that this was a "nice" or "neighborly" thing to do, but it seems pretty harmless.

They weren’t charged with doing anything illegal.

Emden of its not illegal its stupid. Like the police said people have guns and will use them. Right canderas are everywhere. It's not like the old days where you can set off cherry bombs at the park.

It’s not stupid. It’s nasty. They’re waking up kids, the elderly, people who are trying to get some decent sleep for an early morning at work. Where is the empathy?

Fine. It's nasty (in your mind, but we'll go with that). Still not illegal, and calling the police (or pulling a gun!!) is absurd.

It is illegal, which is the part that is absurd.

A ding dong ditch is illegal? OK. Can I get a cite for that, please?

We're gonna need a lockup around Halloween for all the elementary schoolers in my neighborhood.

Again, the cops never wrote up the kids for an illegal act. This is along the lines of a noise violation in terms of police involvement. It’s a disruption to the peace of the neighborhood and a nuisance to others.

Sounds like it's annoying . . . but not illegal. Just like I said.

Not illegal but also not harmless, which is also what was said in this thread.

The harm is what? Someone had to walk to the door????

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Anonymous wrote:OP was naïve for thinking six eighth graders would go innocently play at a park at 10pm, the kids were typical dumb teenagers, deciding that annoying neighbors would be fun (who does this in the era of doorbell cameras?), and police resources were used to break up mischief rather than go after actual criminals, but the biggest problem by far is that this is a country where there are enough people who would shoot a gun at someone fleeing their home after ringing the doorbell that the police predict you’ll get shot for doing that. That’s extremely disturbing.

The kids who have done this in my neighborhood have worn masks - they aren’t dumb. OP hasn’t said if these teens were masked but a group of masked teens on your doorstep can definitely be scary.

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Anonymous wrote:

The cops brought home a group of kids who were…..walking around? Does your area have a teen curfew? What law were they breaking?

This.

Is there anything actually illegal happening here?

I'm not going to argue that this was a "nice" or "neighborly" thing to do, but it seems pretty harmless.

They weren’t charged with doing anything illegal.

Emden of its not illegal its stupid. Like the police said people have guns and will use them. Right canderas are everywhere. It's not like the old days where you can set off cherry bombs at the park.

It’s not stupid. It’s nasty. They’re waking up kids, the elderly, people who are trying to get some decent sleep for an early morning at work. Where is the empathy?

Fine. It's nasty (in your mind, but we'll go with that). Still not illegal, and calling the police (or pulling a gun!!) is absurd.

It is illegal, which is the part that is absurd.

A ding dong ditch is illegal? OK. Can I get a cite for that, please?

We're gonna need a lockup around Halloween for all the elementary schoolers in my neighborhood.

Again, the cops never wrote up the kids for an illegal act. This is along the lines of a noise violation in terms of police involvement. It’s a disruption to the peace of the neighborhood and a nuisance to others.

Sounds like it's annoying . . . but not illegal. Just like I said.

Not illegal but also not harmless, which is also what was said in this thread.

The harm is what? Someone had to walk to the door????

This has been addressed multiple times in this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m just imagining some poor old woman in bed whose doorbell rings and she has to get up slowly and painfully and go to the door, all for some dumb prank. Or some woman home alone who sees teenagers darting around her lawn and then knock on her door. I would be absolutely terrified.

This is not a funny prank for post pubescent males to play- banging on doors where there might be one teenage girl home alone? Or an elderly person? If I saw a bunch of teen boys look like they were trying to get me to come to the door I’d absolutely call the cops and I wouldn’t sleep that night

Oh the drama!!!! It must be so hard to be you.

Do I think it's ok to be knocking on people's doors at 10 pm, NO. But you take it to the whole new level. 8th grade boys are not post pubecent. They are in the middle of being really dumb for a few years. They do dumb things. It's ok that they do dumb things at 13/14 rather than at 23/24. That's what childhood used to be for. If they were all grown and able to make rational, mature decisions they wouldn't need us.

Some 13 year olds have mustaches, tell me they aren’t post pubescent.

What does having a mustache have to do with their ability to make good decisions. They are still dumb 13 year olds as they should be. They aren't grown yet.

Police bringing them home should set them on the right course pretty quickly. Natural consequence, learning experience, etc.

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How could they possibly know that they run the chance of getting shot? Which of course is still a very tiny minuscule risk of the stupid prank. This is not worthy of punishment, this is worthy of a conversation about why they can’t do this.