man arrested for mowing at 430

[71chevellejohn]

Howe about the thug/punks that drive around at 3am in the morning thumping their bass until the body panels fall off their 200.00 auction special ride with 2,000.00 rims...fucking waiste of space

Dats only in da mornin, you sposed to be up cooking bretfast already

[Denny]

Saldy to say yes. Police officers no longer give a fuck, they have to generate revenue at all costs, even if it means not giving a fuck about your rights.


“When the officer came up to me she asked me if I knew it was illegal to mow at that time of day,” Gage said. “I thought she was cracking a joke. Then she told me to get up against the car, and she put cuffs on me.”

Yeah I don't see where he started argueing Dennis and what the fuck is argueing with the judge going to do? Besides piss him off too, lmao! You need to get back topside the desert heat is fucking up your rational thinking...

What was his reaction to the officer when he thought she was joking? Something like a "Ya, right." as he turned around to start it up? Assuring the officer that she was wrong? What?

Oh wait, I forgot my audience here... let's just use his quote to the media.

[roliath]

Dats only in da mornin, you sposed to be up cooking bretfast already

edit: I wonder if that neighborhood had any dogs, I know my dog goes batshit crazy if he's outside and hear's a mower. I always have to let him in if someone is mowing.

[jnobles06]

the article said it was a woman cop. i bet she was on a dike power trip.

but the article is from his perspective so who knows how it really happened.

[Osiris]

Lots of assuming going on in here.

[MutherjuggZ]

Lots of assuming going on in here.

I'm not going to assume it's fucking ridiculous to arrest someone for MOWING... I know for FACT it's fucking ridiculous to arrest someone for MOWING.


It doesn't matter if he told her it's a stupid law, or laughed in her face. That's not against the law.

[Txstang1]

What was his reaction to the officer when he thought she was joking? Something like a "Ya, right." as he turned around to start it up? Assuring the officer that she was wrong? What?

Oh wait, I forgot my audience here... let's just use his quote to the media.

You're assuming one end of the spectrum and I am assuming the other the end. Both are just as likely scenarios.

I'm not going to assume it's fucking ridiculous to arrest someone for MOWING... I know for FACT it's fucking ridiculous to arrest someone for MOWING.


It doesn't matter if he told her it's a stupid law, or laughed in her face. That's not against the law.

Preach it woman !!

[Hobie]

I heard a story once about 4am mowing. It also involved flashlights, ducktape, and crystal meth.

[BP]

What, you cant argue with police ? Do you lose the right to freedom of speech as soon as an officer approaches you ? Fucking cops treating people like shit really pisses me off

Good things rarely happen as a result of arguing with police officers. You also have a legal right to shut up and not incriminate yourself, most people are too stupid to do that though.

It's sad that there has to be an ordinance about when you can and can't make noise. People should show some common courtesy to their neighbors, who would ever think it's reasonable to mow a lawn at 4:30 in the morning? I feel bad mowing at 9am sometimes.

[CJ]

I've mowed the lawn at night before.

[Mike]

He lives in the hood!

[orphan Shelby]

I heard a story once about 4am mowing. It also involved flashlights, ducktape, and crystal meth.

And edging with hand clippers

[CJ]

And edging with hand clippers

I've edged with scissors.

[03trubluGT]

An Oklahoma City man said he was doing a good deed when he was arrested and cited for mowing his yard and a neighbor's yard Friday morning.

Phil Ray Gage, 40, was arrested on a complaint of disturbing the peace after a neighbor called police to report him for mowing a lawn at 2529 NW 33 at 4:30 a.m., Oklahoma City police said.

He was released by police at the scene after he signed a citation for disturbing the peace.

But Gage said he's been mowing in the early morning hours for 10 years, and nobody has complained before.

He said when he was arrested he was in the process of finishing up mowing his neighbor's yard.

“When the officer came up to me she asked me if I knew it was illegal to mow at that time of day,” Gage said. “I thought she was cracking a joke. Then she told me to get up against the car, and she put cuffs on me.”

Gage said he mows in the early morning hours because of the heat and because it fits his work schedule best.

Gage said the light from his neighbor's yard and his yard provides enough light for him to mow.

“I'm a carpenter, so I have to mow when I can,” he said. “That time is just what works best because of the heat and my job.”

Gage said he never has had problems with his neighbors.

“We all know each other,” he said. “We watch out for each other's houses. I have phone numbers for just about all my neighbors except for the guy that lives across the street. I don't know him as well.”

Gage said he would have stopped mowing in the early morning hours if someone had asked him to.

“I just wished he would have talked to me about it before he called the police,” he said. “If people wanted me to stop, I'd stop.”

Gage said he intends to fight the ticket.

“I'm going to try to fight it,” he said. “It's unreal how I got treated for mowing a yard.”

There's your problem right there, Vern....


I'd complain like a mofo. The officer had to have known that the offense was probably a city ordinance violation anyway, and no reason to cuff the guy for a citable offense.

[03trubluGT]

I've edged with scissors.

Some places you just can't get with a weed eater.