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Machete
08/31/19 2:40:27 PM
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A pair of local police officers who were called to shut down a group of kids lemonade stand are being praised online for buying a drink and supporting the young entrepreneurs instead.

The kids at Barclay Manor in Newburgh, N.Y., usually spend their summer breaks swimming at the neighborhood pool except for Mondays and Tuesdays when its gates are closed. Looking for something to occupy their time, six-year-old Elajah asked her mom if she could start a lemonade stand with her friends.

Elajah got together a group of friends while I brought out a table that I had been planning to throw away and bought some mixes from Dollar Tree. It turned out way better than we thought, Elajahs mom Shanice Sgorbissa, who was helping watch over the other local kids, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. They each had jobs. Two boys stood holding up a sign, two girls were assigned to pouring lemonade, and another girl went up to the cars.

While the local kids were enjoying running their roadside business, one unknown resident was less than pleased with the lemonade stand, especially during rush hour. They reported it to the Newburgh Police Department for causing some traffic, asking law enforcement to shut it down.

Sgorbissa and Whitney Glover, another local mom whose daughter Charley was helping sell lemonade, were standing outside with the children when a Newburgh Police Ford Explorer pulled over by their stand.

When they first got there I was nervous. I didnt want them to shut the kids lemonade stand, says Sgorbissa, 25.

However, what officers Thomas O'Connell Jr. and Clayton Dubois did next left both Glover and Sgorbissa pleasantly surprised.

The officer comes out and says, Would you believe that someone called me about kids in the middle of the street selling lemonade? Im not going to shut you down, Im actually going to buy a cup, Glover, 29, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. They were interacting with the kids and making them feel happy. They told them they were doing a good job and to keep it up.

Sgorbissa and Glover say they were extremely appreciative of the officers for being so sweet with the kids instead of ruining the fun. Glover took to Facebook to express her gratitude for the local police officers.

So the kids where i live decided to have a Lemonade stand during rush hour. Smart idea, Glover wrote in a Facebook post. However some bitter person decided to call the cops on them. Instead of the officers shutting it down they decided to have a cup themselves. Thanks Town of Newburgh Police Department.

Glovers post quickly went viral online with more than 1,000 likes and comments from users as far as Texas and even Canada.

One Facebook user said it must have been a miserable person who called the police on kids selling lemonade and wrote that the police did a great job shedding light on the goodness that still [exists] in our country.

Other users online praised officers OConnell and Dubois for supporting the young entrepreneurs instead of shutting them down.

Police Dept was supportive, one Facebook user wrote. These kids did good with their time and embraced their neighborhood.

The Newburgh Police Department responded on Facebook that they were proud their officers had a positive impact on the community, especially the children.

Since then, the kids beverage business has been booming, earning about $520 since opening on Monday. Sgorbissa says shell probably allow the kids to continue setting up shop until school starts since its a great way to teach them about teamwork and the value of money.


https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/cops-called-to-shut-down-kids-lemonade-stand-buy-drinks-instead-200928944.html

More cops should be like these guys. Good on them.
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LividDK
08/31/19 2:42:43 PM
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Machete posted...
More cops should be like these guys. Good on them.

Absolutely. More people in general, really.
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aki_sora
08/31/19 2:42:57 PM
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Murica
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CADE FOSTER
08/31/19 2:44:23 PM
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Smh why can't people mind their own business always gotta be calling police we need to start handing out hefty fines 20k
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08/31/19 2:46:42 PM
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imagine the guy sues the police department and the kids
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sLaCkEr408___RJ
08/31/19 2:58:06 PM
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Is it against the law
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Duncanwii
08/31/19 2:59:58 PM
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sLaCkEr408___RJ posted...
Is it against the law

If you dont have a venders license it sadly is illegal.
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CommonStar
08/31/19 3:00:07 PM
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What a miserable sack of shit that person must be.
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Paragon21XX
08/31/19 3:02:54 PM
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Duncanwii posted...
sLaCkEr408___RJ posted...
Is it against the law

If you dont have a venders license it sadly is illegal.

I'm pretty sure only legalists want to apply the law to kids.
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kingdrake2
08/31/19 3:04:11 PM
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Duncanwii posted...
sLaCkEr408___RJ posted...
Is it against the law

If you dont have a venders license it sadly is illegal.


it's true. but the rules should be exempted for younger kids imo.
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Duncanwii
08/31/19 3:04:28 PM
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Paragon21XX posted...
Duncanwii posted...
sLaCkEr408___RJ posted...
Is it against the law

If you dont have a venders license it sadly is illegal.

I'm pretty sure only legalists want to apply the law to kids.

What if they put rat poison in the lemonaid? Food and drug regulation is a serious health issue.
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Machete
08/31/19 3:06:40 PM
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Duncanwii posted...
What if they put rat poison in the lemonaid? Food and drug regulation is a serious health issue.


intentionally poisoning someone is illegal whether you have a vendor's license or not >_>
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Duncanwii
08/31/19 3:08:16 PM
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Machete posted...
Duncanwii posted...
What if they put rat poison in the lemonaid? Food and drug regulation is a serious health issue.


intentionally poisoning someone is illegal whether you have a vendor's license or not >_>

Have you read The Jungle? More nasty stuff than rat poison ended up in food before the Food and Drug Admin. was created. Like actual rats.
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Shablagoo
08/31/19 3:10:23 PM
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Imagine being such a fucking miserable bridge troll that you call the police on 6-year-olds selling lemonade.

This is a sweet story.

CADE FOSTER posted...
Smh why can't people mind their own business always gotta be calling police we need to start handing out hefty fines 20k


this
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LordFarquad1312
08/31/19 3:12:59 PM
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sLaCkEr408___RJ posted...
Is it against the law

Child labour, uninspected food, no taxes so techincally yeah but who the frick cares about a lemonade stand.
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HylianFox
08/31/19 3:13:37 PM
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Duncanwii posted...
What if they put rat poison in the lemonaid? Food and drug regulation is a serious health issue.


q9FPiFc

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Machete
08/31/19 3:13:50 PM
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Duncanwii posted...
Machete posted...
Duncanwii posted...
What if they put rat poison in the lemonaid? Food and drug regulation is a serious health issue.


intentionally poisoning someone is illegal whether you have a vendor's license or not >_>

Have you read The Jungle? More nasty stuff than rat poison ended up in food before the Food and Drug Admin. was created. Like actual rats.


Have you watched the episode of South Park about gluten? Without the FDA telling people what to eat, we'd all be eating dirt and chairs.
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Paragon21XX
08/31/19 3:15:08 PM
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Duncanwii posted...
Machete posted...
Duncanwii posted...
What if they put rat poison in the lemonaid? Food and drug regulation is a serious health issue.


intentionally poisoning someone is illegal whether you have a vendor's license or not >_>

Have you read The Jungle? More nasty stuff than rat poison ended up in food before the Food and Drug Admin. was created. Like actual rats.

They still do, just in much smaller amounts. Food you buy in stores or restaurants still isn't 100% clean, only 99.9% clean.
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/maggots-rat-hair-mouse-poop-and-more-gross-things-the-fda-allows-in-food

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Shablagoo
08/31/19 3:15:42 PM
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HylianFox posted...
Duncanwii posted...
What if they put rat poison in the lemonaid? Food and drug regulation is a serious health issue.


q9FPiFc

+1
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HylianFox
08/31/19 3:16:09 PM
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Paragon21XX posted...
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/maggots-rat-hair-mouse-poop-and-more-gross-things-the-fda-allows-in-food


literally foxnews

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Paragon21XX
08/31/19 3:17:00 PM
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Machete
08/31/19 3:17:54 PM
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HylianFox posted...
Paragon21XX posted...
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/maggots-rat-hair-mouse-poop-and-more-gross-things-the-fda-allows-in-food


literally foxnews


my first thought too, but it is true. The FDA allows a certain amount of fucked up shit in food simply because it's literally impossible to prevent 100% of contamination.
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BeyondWalls
08/31/19 3:21:30 PM
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Machete posted...
The officer comes out and says, Would you believe that someone called me about kids in the middle of the street selling lemonade? Im not going to shut you down, Im actually going to buy a cup

...the kid was later run over from running around in the street.

Note, GameFAQs disclaimer: this post represents a sarcastic joke and does not attempt to portray these events as factual. No children were harmed in the making of this joke.
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PleaseClap
08/31/19 3:22:53 PM
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Duncanwii posted...
Have you read The Jungle? More nasty stuff than rat poison ended up in food before the Food and Drug Admin. was created. Like actual rats.


I have a feeling that these kids probably arent chopping off their fingers and putting dead rats into the sugar

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Akagami_Shanks
08/31/19 3:25:15 PM
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*looks at photo of the kids*
welllll, before i jump to any conclusions, i'd like to see the neighbor who called the cops on them.

They also need to be fined for being such a miserable bitch that they would want to shut down innocent childrens enjoyment
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Hanky_Bannister
08/31/19 3:25:28 PM
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they should have arrested the asshat who called them
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Shablagoo
08/31/19 3:25:37 PM
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PleaseClap posted...
Duncanwii posted...
Have you read The Jungle? More nasty stuff than rat poison ended up in food before the Food and Drug Admin. was created. Like actual rats.


I have a feeling that these kids probably arent chopping off their fingers and putting dead rats into the sugar


Youre naive.

/s
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thronedfire2
08/31/19 3:26:21 PM
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CommonStar posted...
What a miserable sack of shit that person must be.


I propose we start calling these people squidwards
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Accolon
08/31/19 3:30:32 PM
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Those kids should go to jail and be punished

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Machete
08/31/19 3:31:38 PM
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Accolon posted...
Those kids should go to jail and be punished


why?
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Accolon
08/31/19 3:32:24 PM
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Machete posted...
why?


Nah, I'm just being a squidward

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IfGodCouldDie
08/31/19 3:32:53 PM
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Duncanwii posted...
sLaCkEr408___RJ posted...
Is it against the law

If you dont have a venders license it sadly is illegal.

I am skeptical that children would be able to obtain a vendor's license for a lemonade stand.
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Questionmarktarius
08/31/19 3:41:19 PM
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Busybodies ruin everything.
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Sunburst
08/31/19 3:59:55 PM
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I try to see things from both sides. It would be irritating to have to wait behind cars trying to get to and leave home. The complaining neighbor might have some serious problems going on. We don't know what he/she is going through.

But it's also nice that the kids have an entrepreneurial spirit. Hopefully a peaceful compromise can be reached. Like maybe they can just sell on the weekend. During the week they might can move the stand to a church or school.
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kingdrake2
08/31/19 5:19:49 PM
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it wouldn't even matter that neighbor bitch can have his/her street back in 3 days.
every school will be back in session for the year after labor day.

some in the south has already started late august.
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Ruvan22
08/31/19 5:35:09 PM
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kingdrake2 posted...
it wouldn't even matter that neighbor bitch can have his/her street back in 3 days.
every school will be back in session for the year after labor day.

some in the south has already started late august.


Middle GA started Aug 8/9th!!

On topic, this is really awesome story, especially after so many previous "police called on black kids and escalating" stories..
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-Cipher-
08/31/19 5:40:19 PM
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Make the neighbor pay for the license tbh

is it bad that I laughed at those names tho
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SaltyWet
08/31/19 5:41:43 PM
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The cops should be fired for not upholding the law.
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BeyondWalls
08/31/19 5:48:25 PM
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Sunburst posted...
I try to see things from both sides.

To be fair, we dont really know what was going on with these kids. They could have been darting in between cars or running in the street. There may have actually been reason to call the cops.
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pres_madagascar
08/31/19 5:48:52 PM
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CADE FOSTER posted...
Smh why can't people mind their own business always gotta be calling police we need to start handing out hefty fines 20k

Boomers.
Always boomers.
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kingdrake2
08/31/19 6:14:54 PM
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damn schools keep opening earlier and earlier soon there will be no summer vacation.
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MudKip_Master
08/31/19 6:16:39 PM
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You guys usually say cops are bad...
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kingdrake2
08/31/19 6:21:47 PM
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MudKip_Master posted...
You guys usually say cops are bad...


some dont do no good around here.
that last one who did the raping against the victim, just made them bad.
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Machete
08/31/19 6:22:52 PM
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MudKip_Master posted...
You guys usually say cops are bad...


Don't know who "you guys" are, but personally I like to read stories like this and it is good that they are out there to show that there are in fact good cops who do the right thing.
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thronedfire2
08/31/19 7:10:05 PM
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Accolon posted...
Machete posted...
why?


Nah, I'm just being a squidward


yes
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kingdrake2
08/31/19 9:00:38 PM
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Accolon posted...
Machete posted...
why?


Nah, I'm just being a squidward


ywNYA7r
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Machete
08/31/19 9:03:59 PM
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kingdrake2 posted...
Accolon posted...
Machete posted...
why?


Nah, I'm just being a squidward


ywNYA7r


I expected some good discussion when I made this topic. I'm actually not a fan of spongebob. In fact, I abhor it. However, this post is glorious and I never expected this topic to lead to such a beautiful gif (please tell me you made it and you aren't just reposting something I haven't seen before >_> although I would still be happy with that outcome)
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Irony
08/31/19 9:06:20 PM
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Cops should've drank the lemonade in front of the person that called them
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DrizztLink
08/31/19 9:07:43 PM
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Duncanwii posted...
More nasty stuff than rat poison ended up in food before the Food and Drug Admin. was created. Like actual rats.
I think I'd prefer to eat a rat over literal fucking poison.

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kingdrake2
08/31/19 9:07:44 PM
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i didn't make the gif. someone else did and i copied it when i had the chance. we're sorry we let you down.
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