The girls had started up their stand in Midway, Ga., when Police Chief Kelly Morningstar and a deputy drove by.
Morningstar defended his action and received the support of Midway's mayor. "We had told them, 'We understand you guys are young, but still, youre breaking the law, and we cant let you do it anymore,'" Morningstar said. "The law is the law, and we have to be consistent with how we enforce the laws."
3 girls busted for illegal lemonade stand - US news - Weird news - msnbc.com
Okay, let me see if I have this right. Wall Street CEOs mount a massive record setting financial swindle involving fraudulent mortgage-backed securities that when the scam crashes costs the American people $27 trillion dollars and none of those crooks gets arrested, investigated, or thrown in jail... but the cops have nothing better to do than bust three kids with a lemonade stand? - M Rivero
Morningstar defended his action and received the support of Midway's mayor. "We had told them, 'We understand you guys are young, but still, youre breaking the law, and we cant let you do it anymore,'" Morningstar said. "The law is the law, and we have to be consistent with how we enforce the laws."
3 girls busted for illegal lemonade stand - US news - Weird news - msnbc.com
Okay, let me see if I have this right. Wall Street CEOs mount a massive record setting financial swindle involving fraudulent mortgage-backed securities that when the scam crashes costs the American people $27 trillion dollars and none of those crooks gets arrested, investigated, or thrown in jail... but the cops have nothing better to do than bust three kids with a lemonade stand? - M Rivero