JoB
frogbaseball..
there is a huge difference between someone calling you a ugly doo doo head and someone calling you a slanty eyed bitch.
One is.. in most cases… merely rude.
the other offensive and can lead to physical acts of violence.
what is the difference between teens standing outside a grocery shouting racially offensive comments and writing them on a wall? Property rights?
When i was a kid, i hated it that every adult around me seemed to know who i was and who my parents were and would either correct me themselves or immediately take me.. sometimes literally by the ear.. to my parents…. but that was how we all learned the limits of public acceptability.
Having the police speak with a group of teens is a close as we have now to that dynamic. Reporting such incidents to the non-emergency number won’t get a patrol car dispatched.. but it might spur a little more community education… or friendly chats with groups of teens while on patrol.