So we were biking down Osbourne st. on our way to the Glass Candy concert when the incident took place. As you may know there is a lot of construction going on on Osbourne these days so there are pylons everywhere. It was Friday night, we were having fun, so one of my friends starting knocking over a few pylons as we were biking along. Just for a laugh.

Just as we got to the bridge I heard a “whoop whoop” and looked back to see some flashing lights coming our way. The Police pulled us over and called my friend over to the car. They talked to my friend for like 10 minutes and then he came and told us that he had to go pick up the pylons.

One of the Officers got out and tried to put my buddy’s bike in the trunk and it obviously wasn’t going to fit. He tried closing the lid on it, kind of banging on the frame and we all gasped. (It is a beautiful bike after all.) We said that we’d watch the bike and pleaded that he be careful.

So we waited on the bridge while my friend climbed in the cop car and they took him back up the street. After 10-15 minutes they came back and continued to berate my friend. They accused us of “thinking this was funny”. Ultimately giving my friend a $190 ticket despite his cooperation. They told him he could probably get away without paying the fine if he went to court. Why give someone a ticket and tell them they can get out of it? Why not just not give them a ticket? Who knows.

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t hate cops. Most of my experience with them has been good-to-kind-of-annoying but never too bad.

What I thought was funny was that I was trying to knock over pylons too. But my friend was ahead of me and knocked them over before I could. Kind of like in Kindergarten, some of them guys jumped on the lunch table and pulled their pants down. Just as I was climbing up onto the table the teacher came in. So I didn’t get in trouble.

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