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In our city, it is illegal to skateboard. Skateboarding is not a crime. Help us to protect our rights. Sign this petition today!
The time has come to demand that the laws be changed to reflect the views and lifestyles of all American citizens, skateboard or no. We stand United.
| Number | Date | Name | State | Country | Please state any additional opinions. | Why I am signing this petition. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,515 | 1:29 pm PDT, Jul 4 | devan shleich | Connecticut | United States | I think it is gay that skaters get introuble for skating anywhere..... i live in a small town and we cant afford a skatepark so there is no place to skate!!!! | because i love to skate skate to live... live to skate |
| 3,514 | 4:13 pm PDT, Jul 2 | Anonymous | Pennsylvania | United States | i love 2 sk8 | because |
| 3,513 | 3:11 pm PDT, Jul 2 | veronica hernandez | Texas | United States | ||
| 3,512 | 4:32 pm PDT, Jun 19 | jake kara | Maryland | United States | i lov 2 sk8 | skating should not be aginst the law all of my frends do it and all of the good parks 2 |
| 3,511 | 1:13 pm PDT, Jun 15 | Anonymous | Colorado | United States | in my city we get kicked out of everywhere and its time to fight back skateboarding is not a crime | |
| 3,510 | 4:15 am PDT, Jun 15 | farren jenkyns | Australia | we get harrast for nuthin | ||
| 3,509 | 6:51 pm PDT, Jun 13 | Andrea Vega | New Jersey | United States | You can go just about anywhere in my town to play bascketball but only one place to skate. | Everyday I see not kids but people get arrested for doing nothing wrong! Most of the time skaters leave the area the police instructed them to leave but NO the police have to start problems that aren't even there! |
| 3,508 | 8:44 pm PDT, Jun 10 | Ray smith | Michigan | United States | because i get harassed at least twice a week, and today i was told there is a warent out for my arest because i was rideing my skateboard on the sidewalk | |
| 3,507 | 12:23 pm PDT, Jun 6 | Anonymous | United Kingdom | i am signing this petition cos i skate and like to | ||
| 3,506 | 5:16 am PDT, Jun 6 | matt kaiser | Pennsylvania | United States | ||
| 3,505 | 8:01 pm PDT, Jun 4 | Sara Lawrence | Missouri | United States | ||
| 3,504 | 3:42 pm PDT, Jun 4 | abe wells | Nebraska | United States | police need to chill out and relax and lat kids skate board | i used to skateboard a lot and i want to help i think skater should the same right as other and people like the cop and government should back off and leave us alone and cop should stop getting power hungry every time some one calls them cause some kid or group of kid are skateboarding |
| 3,503 | 11:43 am PDT, Jun 4 | Rosanne Ryan | Ohio | United States | ||
| 3,502 | 7:43 am PDT, Jun 4 | Fernando Magana | California | United States | scrwe and fuckyou police | Skateboarding is what makes a skater happy in life they might not have the best looks, clothes but at least they have a board you know, |
| 3,501 | 5:43 pm PDT, Jun 3 | david chandler | Florida | United States | i am a proud skater who skates on the streets and is constantly being horassed by cops that will say that skating is a crime and it is not skating is a way of life and keeps me away from other illigal activatys so their for skating should be aloud every were so that skaters dont get into other things like gangs and etc etc etc.... | because i am a proud skater who dosent want to be thrown in jail just for skating a stair set or rail i love skating and its my way of life and the same for every other skater out their |
| 3,500 | 9:58 am PDT, Jun 3 | garrett james | Florida | United States | ok skateboarding shouldnt be a crime its a sport we just use our streets for a court | because im a skater and proud to be one |
| 3,498 | 6:51 pm PDT, May 30 | Anonymous | Texas | United States | Skaters are athletes but instead of a court or field,ours is the streets that lead us to multiple oppurtunities. | skateing is fukin rad |
| 3,497 | 10:12 am PDT, May 29 | Sean vera | California | United States | skating is not a crime and skaters are NOT criminalls | i love to skate but there trying to stope me from doing it |
| 3,496 | 9:49 am PDT, May 29 | Marcos spera | Florida | United States | skateboarding isn't a crime | Because people need to realize that skateboarding is advanceing each day but no other sport is that's why it's uniqe |
| 3,495 | 2:15 pm PDT, May 28 | sean bracken | Washington | United States | i cant belive its a law in washington. and a $5OO FINE IN ILLINOIS!!! BARRINGTON!!! ITS OUR OWN RISK ANWAYS WHAY DO PEOPLE CARE??? ITS NOT THEM HAVING FUN!!!! | BECAUSE I ENJOY SKATEBOARDING AND THERE SHOULDNT BE SOMETHING TO STOP ME FROM DOING IT!!! |
| 3,492 | 4:40 pm PDT, May 25 | rahul krishnakumar | Florida | United States | "Skateboarding is a ecerything. It is a passtime, sport, hobby. craze, industry, and a toy. A profession, an excuse, a game. A lifestyle, a distraction. It is a reason. Not a crime" *From James Davis' book SKATEBOARDING IS NOT A CRIME. | I have been kicked out of SIDEWALKS, streets, SKATEPARKS (Yes a f**king skatepark), parking lots, MY NEIGHBORHOOD, and a public park for supposedly "vandalizing" the area or for liability issues while kids who ride bikes, scooters, or rollerblades can roam free. |
| 3,491 | 2:37 am PDT, May 24 | Antoine Cini | Malta | Skateboarding is a way to express what you feel inside, a way of life, a love for something. Doesnt make sense to make all this fuss about it and make it look like it is something bad. | In my country there's no skateparks or good places where to skate(which sucks btw)and it would be bad to get arrested just for doing what i love to do | |
| 3,490 | 9:59 am PDT, May 22 | Anonymous | Utah | United States | i was arrested for it | |
| 3,489 | 6:23 pm PDT, May 21 | Anonymous | Colorado | United States | I was ticketed for skateboarding. | |
| 3,488 | 9:38 am PDT, May 21 | clayton detten | Illinois | United States | all we want is to have fun and do a sport that we love. thers no need to be rude to us, let us have our fun as if it was football or any other sport. | because i was kicked off a sidewalk for skateboarding. and i was kicked off a church, parkinglot, and an abandoned wearhouse. all of which, i had permition to skate at |
| 3,487 | 8:47 am PDT, May 21 | cory pollom | Wisconsin | United States | skaters just want to have fun not rune stuff | because i am a skater who thinks its ok to skate were we want. |
| 3,486 | 4:37 pm PDT, May 20 | Anonymous | Colorado | United States | My son and his friends just got tickets for skateboarding at a nearby grocery store parking lot. We are fighting it in court. The non-skateboarders were chased off by the cops. Tickets for tresspassing only issued to the skaters. Not fair! | |
| 3,485 | 4:31 pm PDT, May 20 | Brandon Reed | Colorado | United States | All kids should be encouraged to get out and skate, not sit in their room on their ass. | Skating is the greatest thing in the world and everyone should do it. |
| 3,484 | 7:04 am PDT, May 19 | Chris Johnson | Illinois | United States | We should be able to skate where ever we like. | For skaters ever where |
| 3,483 | 7:29 am PDT, May 16 | Justin Streaty | Florida | United States | skateboarding is the besat sport ever dont hate | ive been skatin for 10 years i have six sponsors 1 is a flow team skating is my life stop making it illegal to skate certain places |
| 3,482 | 8:28 am PDT, May 15 | guillermo Melendez | Illinois | United States | SKATEING IS NOT A CRIME DEAL WITH IT | because it's not right to outlaw skateing what would be better a few kids haveing fun on skateboards or doing drugs |
| 3,481 | 8:23 pm PDT, May 14 | Victoria Ferrell | West Virginia | United States | ||
| 3,480 | 8:27 am PDT, May 14 | Nathan Armstrong | Illinois | United States | Skateboarding is a lifestyle | because kids need to have fun, you know? outside of doing hard drugs. |
| 3,478 | 6:36 am PDT, May 14 | Alec E | Ohio | United States | Because skateboarding is not a crime and its awesome | |
| 3,477 | 4:25 pm PDT, May 11 | Scott Bigos | Illinois | United States | Let me people skate! | Skatboarding is not a crime Drugs and ganges are crimes |
| 3,476 | 8:25 am PDT, May 8 | Anonymous | Texas | United States | ||
| 3,475 | 5:41 pm PDT, May 7 | cole briffa | Canada | mann i was skatin down at an abandend plaza cops came and took my board i wasent doing nothing wrong and got jacked by the poe | BECAUSE SKATEBOARDING IS NOT A CRIME! | |
| 3,474 | 5:29 am PDT, May 6 | Aerial Gonzalez | Texas | United States | some police think kids on skateboards are plain bad kids and are too blunt and ignorant in thinking so | Skateboarding's not messing anything up: it's a way to get around and have fun at the sametime, as opposed to cars polluting and getting road rage and getting fat sitting in the car |
| 3,473 | 4:55 am PDT, May 6 | Mason Caskey | Georgia | United States | I have been skating at schools and all way before school and all of a sudden, the police took my board, and no one was there. I was doing no harm. | The gavernment should have no power over what does no harm |
| 3,472 | 3:28 pm PDT, May 5 | Max Allen | Florida | United States | people can do ticks while rollerblading, biking, whats the difference between skateboarding | it not wrong to hold a skateboard instead of a football like stupid conformist america tells us to |
| 3,471 | 8:45 am PDT, May 5 | Michael Vanover | Indiana | United States | skateboarding is a a way of expressing yourself. You take that away from kids and all there going to do is drugs or other illeagel stuff. | To stop those stupid pigs from taking our boards. |
| 3,470 | 10:49 am PDT, May 2 | joel hernandez | Iowa | United States | ||
| 3,469 | 8:29 am PDT, May 2 | Matt Wallace | Texas | United States | HElls yea | I love pot and skating |
| 3,468 | 6:51 pm PDT, May 1 | Anonymous | California | United States | i'm not too good but i love skating. | |
| 3,467 | 5:19 pm PDT, May 1 | zach R | Kentucky | United States | f the haters there is nothing wrong with skateboarding | because skateboarding is on the edge of becoming a crime while its a sport just like football and baseball |
| 3,466 | 12:43 pm PDT, May 1 | Anonymous | Oregon | United States | i think people get the wroung idea about skaters and it is keeping us from drinking and it is great exersize | because i love to skate |
| 3,465 | 4:30 pm PDT, Apr 30 | billy andrews | Massachusetts | United States | Skateboarding has a stereo type that oh just cause this kids skateboarding means hes recking everything in site.Which is total bullcrap | Cause i love skateboarding, and skateboarding would expand so much more if it were legal in public areas |
| 3,464 | 12:32 pm PDT, Apr 30 | Josh Crawford | South Carolina | United States | Skateboarding is fun and should be considered a sport because we stay stay out of trouble with the law. | Skateboarders have the rigth to skateboard. |
| 3,463 | 12:26 pm PDT, Apr 30 | Patrick Carter | South Carolina | United States | ||
| 3,462 | 10:57 am PDT, Apr 30 | ale hughes | Michigan | United States | skateboarding is not illegal, seroiusly it's a fun hobby | because i like skateboarding |
| 3,460 | 6:18 am PDT, Apr 30 | Karla Thomas | Texas | United States | Skateing isnt a crime | |
| 3,459 | 6:16 am PDT, Apr 30 | Cole thomas | Texas | United States | Because skateboarding is not a crime | |
| 3,458 | 4:49 pm PDT, Apr 29 | Brandon Cyril | New York | United States | ||
| 3,457 | 4:54 am PDT, Apr 29 | Steven Fraser | Florida | United States | Skatong pretty was the best thing invented. | I'm a big skater and it would suck to lose it because of some stupid law,i meann i would still do it but it would be hard...skateboarding is like eating.....We have to do it! |
| 3,456 | 11:11 am PDT, Apr 28 | Max Rainsford | Pennsylvania | United States | Skateboarding rule!!!!!!!! | i'm a big skate boarder and i believe all people should have the chance to have fun with it!!!! |
| 3,455 | 5:42 pm PDT, Apr 27 | Alonso Vela | Texas | United States | skateboarding is fun and no harm is done to anything or anyone that gets in its way. | because people should stop hating and respect the great art of skateboarding |
| 3,453 | 10:20 am PDT, Apr 27 | Joshua Salzar | Alaska | United States | ||
| 3,452 | 11:58 pm PDT, Apr 25 | monica salazar | Alaska | United States | I am a skater myself and I think we have our rights to skate just like any other person who bikes,etc... | |
| 3,451 | 2:58 pm PDT, Apr 25 | Anonymous | Virginia | United States |
Skateboarding is NOT a crime. Don't make it one.
We, the skaters of Cincinnati, hence, will no longer be trampled upon by society. We too have rights and those rights have been swept out from under our feet. Many of my comrades have been arrested, others have had their belongings taken and/or broken. It's time to stop this injustice. We, the undersigned, belive that the police force and the Government have far overstepped their boundaries by trying to tell us that we can't roll on a skateboard down the street. Skateboarding is not a crime. The only crime that has been commited is the crime of ignoring our civil liberties which officers commit make everytime we are harassed or arrested for skateboarding.
The time has come to demand that the laws be changed to reflect the views and lifestyles of all American citizens, skateboard or no. We stand United.
-The Skaters of the World
and their supporters.
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