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Teens arrested for selling OBama T-shirts on Martha's Vineyard...

by PGMData | August 29, 2009 at 05:13 pm

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The following is a plea for help. A great injustice has been done on two youth of this great nation. We are sending a message of "damned if you do, damned if you don't". Please watch this video and read the descriptions of what transpired, unfair and unjust.

Anyone with ties to the Obama camp - this would be an excellent opportunity for the president to make something right, we have heard rumors already that he wanted the poster that the youth made to give to him as a gift, and that he wanted to purchase a Tshirt.

http://www.abc6.com/news/54817682.html

Please leave your opinion there, teens should not be punished for doing what this great country was built upon. I remember never having to get a permit or have a town meeting to sell lemonaide.

Please excuse my lack of writing skills, I am not a writer, I am a computer engineer, but I understand what is right and what is wrong.

Thank You Sincerely,

Kyle V. Grace

CEO: PGMData.com

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Mandi B. Costa (not verified)

at 17:51 on August 29th, 2009

Sick of people not thinking. Before you make your next move, can you please ask yourself, would this pass the common sense test? If not, don't make a move. I understand there are laws that must be abided by, but common sense should always prevail. So to the Rookie that decided he/she would take this opportunity to get ahead, bad move.

theswamme

at 12:51 on August 31st, 2009

That is unfortunate, but, If they had attained the proper license I doubt they would have been stopped. I am all for free enterprise and for people to have Freedom of speech offensive or not. But states, Cities and Our country demand that things be done within the law, and ignorance of a specific law is no excuse. Its up to the vendor to know such rules/laws about selling merchandise before you set out to make $$$ and not know if you are allowed to or not.

Michael Santos (not verified)

at 20:35 on September 1st, 2009

These two youths were jailed. They now know they did wrong and that’s not what they are contesting. They are contesting the law itself. We live in a great Nation that gives us the right to do so. These two teens said they understand they were wrong but didn't understand the consequences. As a matter of fact the judge stated that this offense is not a jail able offense. So, I don't know if you misunderstood so the clarification is this, a wrong has been done but with a consequence that was much too harsh. We are willing to speak up on such things we may feel is holding back young entrepreneurs. Hold them back and you hold back a great nation. I am proud of my son and cousin for making a stand.

PGMData

at 05:35 on September 2nd, 2009

There are questions of time better spent by law enforcement, also the teens had a vendors permit, just for a town that is 10 miles away and in the same state, if everyone was held to the letter of the law in this nation we would have a nation of jails and the GNP would be JAILS. So what we are saying is "if a teenager chooses to try and earn an honest living instead of giving into temptation and choosing the easy path, they should be punished?". I don't know about the rest of the nation, but that is a message I do not want to send. If we send this message to our youth then they will in effect take the easy path and we shall suffer as a nation. I see this offense as a ticketable offense, let the punishment fit the crime, people carrying less than "X" amount of a controlled substance are given a citation and sent on their way. Teens with T-shirts are thrown in the clunker. There is certainly no way to spin this and think for a second that any part of it is justice served, it is not only a waste of tax dollars by some over zealous island police officer but a symptom of our ailing justice system and an abuse of authority.