2-YEAR-OLD PEES ON LIGHT POLE, GETS TICKETED BY NO-NONSENSE PHILADELPHIA COP

The Unconventional Gazette / September 15, 2012

It must have been a slow day on a Philadelphia cop’s beat. According to the UPI, Caroline Robboy was shopping with her 2-year-old son, Nathaniel, and other family members Sunday when the boy said he needed to potty. When she told a store employee that Nathaniel needed to use the bathroom she was told the store bathroom was not available to the public. When the family left the store, the potty-training toddler took matters into his own hands – he walked up to and peed on a light pole.

A cop happened to be nearby and gave the mother a ticket for Public Urination together with a parenting lecture. He told her, “I’m doing this for your own protection because God forbid there might have been a pervert out there looking at your son.” The ticket carries a $50 fine.

If President Obama can get the Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing to deserve it, then this numb-nuts cop ought to get the Philadelphia Officer of the Year award. Since Nathaniel clearly demonstrated that he belonged on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list, I’m surprised that this no-nonsense cop didn’t cuff him and drag him off to be shipped to Guantanamo.