Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/04/17/venice-skate-park-filled-with.html
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You’d think it would be cheaper to just post a cop there.
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There is a sub-division station within view of the park and it might still be operational but police have more helpful things to do in Venice.
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Brings new meaning to the term “grind”.
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I’m sure when things return to “normal” that’ll clean up in a jiffy.
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“Venice Makes Giant Litter Box From Local Skate park. Area Cats Overjoyed.”
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Maybe it’s time to issue an addendum to all those “SKATEBOARDING IS NOT A CRIME” stickers.
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Wouldn’t those cats be just as likely to shit on the beach 20 feet away?
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When did a cat not shit in the fresh new thing, except out of spite? 
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Not what I expected to see. I was expecting FULL of sand. It would take a couple determined skaters with shovels and brooms about 30 minutes to clear out a section.
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That image doesn’t exactly fit with the popular conception of skater culture.
“Look at those slacker punks, always terrorizing the neighborhood with their unauthorized civic cleanup projects.”
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Skaters, nahh. Bring in the curling team!
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Venice has a skate park? Oh, the other Venice.
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Skaters have poured their own concrete to build DIY parks beneath freeway overpasses before.
Dusting off one that’s already complete will be nothing.
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The idea wasn’t to destroy the skate park beyond repair. The idea was to make it temporarily unusable to casual skaters.
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Yeah, I know. Was just agreeing your point that the skater-slacker stereotype was frequently horseshit.
Maybe they can get Christian Slater to rally them around a common cause for the greater good.
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