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London Cop Gives 5 Year Old Girl $200 Ticket for Lemonade Stand

Monsters. You’re all monsters in England and should be stopped. When we had the chance, during world war 2, while our army was protecting you from becoming Hitler’s lampshades, we should’ve put an end to the British people once and for all. But because we didn’t, this is what I am writing about.

An innocent 5 year old girl was partaking in the sale of lemonade in the street, a western tradition steeped with both sentiment and dignity, an intro into the entrepreneurial spirit that taught children basic economics for centuries, was fined $200 by an asshole heroic cop for not having the proper permits.

The girl had been selling cups of refreshing beverage with her father for 65 cents, next to their home, which was also adjacent to an ongoing music festival.

One officer switched on a portable camera attached to his uniform and then proceeded to read a lengthy statement essentially telling the young girl she would be fined $195 (£150) because she didn’t have a trading permit.

The girl burst into tears, asking her father again and again, “Have I done a bad thing?”

The pair packed up their jugs of lemonade and walked home, with the young girl sobbing the whole way, according to her dad.

Spicer said that the whole situation left his daughter shaken and afraid.

“I said maybe we can apply for the right permit and do it again at some stage. And she said, ‘That’s a bit scary,’” he told NBC’s News’ British partner ITV News.

“We are very sorry that this has happened,” a spokesperson for the local authorities told NBC News’ British partner ITV News. “We expect our enforcement officers to show common sense, and to use their powers sensibly. This clearly did not happen.

“The fine will be canceled immediately and we have contacted Professor Spicer and his daughter to apologise.”

Sure, now fish and chips are revoking the fine, after public outcry. But it still doesn’t negate the fact that the local police department is filled with reprobates.

Here was the little girl having the time of her life.


Little girl selling lemonade, a right of passage in western society

Wonderful.

 

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23 comments

  1. sarcrilege

    When cops are graded and evaluated on how much money they extort from the public they view as cows to milk, cops will do anything to extract a buck from innocents… nothing easier than pillaging a lemon stand.

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    • gappingandyapping
      gappingandyapping

      Much like in the US where civil asset forfeiture is performed without being convicted of a crime. This is a revenue stream that the “authorities” exploit.

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    • Cricket

      Look at the real outcome here.

      Dad trying to teach young child to work hard, earn your way and follow the rules.

      Cop comes along and in 2 seconds destroys the child’s paradigm, forever.

      On the plus side, Dad and child get red pilled. That can’t be a bad thing.

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  2. metalleg

    Cops like that get other cops shot.

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  3. gappingandyapping
    gappingandyapping

    This devil kid did a horrible thing by trying to learn the concept of doing work for money. Had she gone down to the local welfare office and applied for free money should would have been applauded, instead she took it upon herself to try to work for something. This type of high crime shall not be allowed by the leaders of our society.

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  4. WrongView

    Do a couple pieces about young kids in the US suffering because of lack of adequate access to healthcare, then let’s get back to the wacky Friday lemonade sob stories.

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  5. Dr. Fly

    Healthcare?

    Did you say healthcare?

    I pay $2k per mo. It went up 50% under Obama.

    Go fuck yourself.

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    • WrongView

      OK. Just don’t pretend to care about the well-being of young kids.

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      • WrongView

        This is why I stay off Twitter. Too easy to pop off about something that I immediately regret.

        I think I’ve got a point, but I regret suggesting that you were uncaring.

        Apologies.

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        • metalleg

          Your handle is quite apt.

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          • WrongView

            Too often I am sure that’s true. I’ve wondered about yours, too. Sorry if this is too nosy, but are you use a prosthetic?

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          • metalleg

            That’s exactly what all my women think but when the lights go on, they can’t believe it.

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          • Cricket

            WrongView – you know that men have 3 knees don’t you, the left knee, the right knee and the weenie. Just sayin’.

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      • skulduggery

        So you’re banning cars to save the children? No? You, bastard!

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  6. ironbird

    Was the “cop” a 5 foot tall obese lesbian? The Brits are toast.

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    • cancel19

      I’m willing to bet a bunch of British Pounds she was.

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  7. unrelated

    An apology, it’s change! (I hope)

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  8. chuck bennett

    Take 2

    Reminds me of the sherif of Nottingham.

    Where is Robin Hood? Oh, that’s UKIP. Literally that’s their name. How fitting.

    Regards

    Chuck Bennett.

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  9. dchanko

    Typical copy and paste reactionary shit from this once good site. Get your facts straight FLY before throwing red meat to some of the half wits in this echo chamber

    What’s wrong with you people?

    The little girl wasn’t fined. The father was. The citation even shows that he was the one that was fined for setting up the lemonade stand. It’s HIS name that is on the citation, not the daughter’s. The father then turned around and made it seem as if the cops accused and ticketed her. In other words, he exploited his daughter to get out of paying the fine.

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    • chuck bennett

      Fact check ; Hilary’s files were erased with acid wash. (False claim)

      The real answer , her files were eared with bleach bit.

      Ok, it was the father ticketed. Not his 7 year old daughter who hasn’t paid taxes yet.

      Dip shit you are

      Regards

      Chuck Bennett

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    • moosh

      Third paragraph you fuck, facts were straight….use common sense. A perfect learning opp for street smart, adult supervision, of a child’s capitalist venture into who knows what kind of concert goers passing by their doorstep.

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  10. Cricket

    New regulation: any cop who issues an inappropriate/illegal fine, for any reason, has to pay 10x the fine value him/her/itself.

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  11. WrongView

    What if they kill someone without cause?

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