And if the police officers did tell them to get off the street in your area, they probably wouldn't tell a stroller mom "get the fu** off the street."
I am just taking a guess, but I guess that if any of the ladies and gents on here were taking a walk in your neighborhood street and a police officer pulled by you and just said "get the fu** off the street," that MANY of us would turn to the police officer and say something like, "okay, BUT excuse me, what did you say to me?" Or "okay, BUT I don't appreciate your tone of voice." Or "okay, but is it necessary to tell me in that way?" It's easy for us to sit and talk about it, it's a different thing if someone spoke that way to us.
What if we responded any of the above ways, and suddenly the officer pulled out a gun on us? No, we would not fight back, but was that the right thing for the police officer to do? We might freak out at the sight of the gun, start yelling and screaming and waving our arms around in fright - and maybe that police officer would take our waving arms as a threat to him like we were about to attack him, and he just might shoot us with that gun. Because after all, we were a possible threat to his life because we were waving our arms and screaming like a scary woman.
JMO.
