Confiscated basketball hoops back home in Claymont [Delaware Online News Video]

[TheFunnyJohn]

wait so what happened in the first place??



[cirraman]

@TheFunnyJohn This explains everything. watch?v=IZ0bPt0fQV4

[musicnab]

thats a ridiculous reaction to something like that.. if it was me i'd be furious and demand a new hoop and maybe some money for all the trouble.

[ginafer25]

Thankful we live in country where our biggest problem is a basketball hoop...REALLY??? U MUST LIVE IN A HOLE OUR COUNTRY EVEN THIS STATE HAS WAY BIGGER ISSUES THAN THIS ISSUE AND EVEN THIS ISSUE IS MORE TO IT THAN MEETS THE EYE. THE REAL ISSUE IS WHERE DOES GOV. CONTROL END?? THIS SHOULDA BEEN HANDLED BY A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR LOCAL POLICE?? STATE POLICE AND DELDOT? WHY NOT PROVIDE THE RULES AND ALLOW ALL PARITES AMPLE TIME TO ADHERE. SO Glad they took a stand and won!! USA has changed:-(

[stealthgerm]

@ginafer25 like a frog in a beaker american frogs will continue to ignore the slow boil.the flame provided by the 1%

[xxslugviciousxx]

7 feet 7 inches away from the road. That sounds like a good distance to keep people from using the streets as their own personal basketball court to me. Be thankful you live in a country were your biggest worry is you basketball hoop.

[AXESMI]

@xxslugviciousxx Really????? Google NDAA which Obama just signed into law and Agenda 21.

[dreadnaught2]

The gentleman in the red jacket is a model of how to conduct yourself with strength, dignity, respect and perserverence when dealing with a broken system.

[khakain]

Not only should DelDOT reinstall the hoops for them, but that bitch from the first video, should give every man in the neighborhood a blow job.

[advancedaid]

@khakain LOL SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TRUE! a blow job, a handjob, and then every man from the villiage/city/town should sue her! though it'll never make it to court, they should...

[wheretheredferndies]

@khakain Haven't they been punished enough?

[wornwithpride]

Delaware sucks anyway!

[MarkACurtis]

viva la revolution? anyone with me?

[Matthewharris11]

You know how you can have the right to do whatever you want in this country these days without be hassled? BE AN ILLEGAL ALIEN! It's instant sainthood, no one can touch you. You can not only not bother throwing a bottle in the recycling bin, you can (and you will) throw it on the fucking ground. Go ahead, littler, loiter, steal, disturb the peace, commit identity theft, etc., they can't throw you out. You have endless appeals, so your free lawyer will keep appealing your case until you win.

[Voltan419]

@Matthewharris11 you're absolutely right. all these illegals have it made. the cost of deportation should be nothing more than the cost of a god damn plane ticket out of the country.

[iMrkZombies]

The stupid women cop that lied to him should still off been sacked theft tacking the basketball nets without a warent and lying!

[ml1157]

The city should be responsable for the reinstalation of the post. As for the bitch, she should be the one supervising the reinstalation.

[Pookatube]

John McCafferty is AN AMERICAN HERO!!!!

[HRRyan2]

Way to go, dude! I love this guy. He's not putting up with the bullshit

[NETWizzJbirk]

Should have got a court order to have DelDot come and dig a new hole and install the basketball hoop for you and ALL your neighbors... just like it was. They should have had to fix it!

[MrBullfrog9876]

The way those knuckle dragers tore those polls out of the ground and broke every one of them was their way of saying, "we are the boss, KING, you are the lowlife peasents" They are pushing us with their tyrany, they are pushing us hard.

[lmos26]

They should have to replace his basketball hoop and be held responsible for re-cementing it.

[yeshai1987]

Suck it Delaware

[ReelnRockn]

Glad I don't live there, but doesn't DelDOT have better things to do...like patching potholes? Unbelievable harrassment of a neighborhood.

[pwgroup]

@shammadamma the way I look at it is if he had followed the law & moved the pole to his own property instead of insisting it stay on public right of way, absolutely none of this would have happened. He made the choice to disobey the law. If people don't like the law, then they can try to convince elected officials to change it. But I've seen at least one death from something just like this, and it also was on a low traffic road so it can happen. I also don't believe an edited video.

[mikelfc2010]

@pwgroup are you an idiot...seriously.... the damn thing was there for 60 Fricken years.... have you ever heard of grandfathering... it's when something pre-dates the law... never mind that it was there before that law was made. And that same thing you mentioned about the "law" the government "by law" you can't come to your property and take anything in it without giving you "appropriate" compensation for it...We call what happened in here stealing.

[basic204]

I hope the lady who lied was freaking fired.

[rightlydivide]

@basic204 how do you know?

[rightlydivide]

@basic204 she prob got a raise

[blkwulff]

It simple really we all played b-ball in the street in quite neighbor hoods dot and police hang u heads in shame catch a drug dealer do u job stop harassing the innocent

[pwgroup]

If you actually look at the facts on this you will find the hoop was not on his private property but in the public right of way. And he has only owned the home for 5 years. I researched the facts and posted the actual story behind this on March 31st on my Public Works Group blog

[shammadamma]

@pwgroup

That's not the point. The point is, the hoop had been there for decades and not hurt anyone. It's on a cul-de-sac with little traffic, but the state treated it as if it was an endangerment on a busy street. Ripping out the hoop was equivalent to the schools who suspend kids under their weapon policies for bringing a knife to school to cut brownies.

The bigger issue was that the state officials lied to the homeowner and threatened to arrest him for non-arrestable actions.

[Animusmors]

I'm happy to see that justice has prevailed and the hoop was given back. Government has NO business in dictating our everyday private lives. WE pay them and THEY work for us, these few in the government need to learn that. This growing police state/oligarchy will not work, it never has all throughout history, it has ALWAYS failed.These jobs should be an honor to serve back to your community and country, it shouldn't be an ego fueling drug.

[Aaronfromcroft]

1) Unconstitutional taking of private property by government without just compensation;

2) Governmental action without judicial review;

3) Basketball goal was grandfathered-in. New legislation not apply to the goal;

4) Citizens' free speech "chilled" told to enter their home while verbally opposing illegal governmental action--defense against disorderly conduct charges;

5) Citizens lied to and threatened by the Police in a civil matter; and

6) Waste of taxpayer dollars.

THUMB UP SO THEY CAN SE

[imcoop]

notice how the IDOT is one letter away from Idiot

[darkshniedor]

Can someone post information on how to contact the authorities who are involved in this ridiculous use of tax payers money and resources? What has this country come to? The government has to have their filthy fingers in everything, don't they? Soon, the time will come for what's left of the good people of this country to stand up and unfortunately, utilize violence and any other means necessary to send home the point that ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! It's not about a basketball hoop, but our liberties....

[exodous02]

So did the blond lady loose her job and were the damages paid for?

[sfrcbfl]

thank god they got it back. fuck the police

[tinyosborne]

March sadness.



[SRVjediknight]

was the female cop fired noooo,,,she was promoted lol

[cesar1963able]

Way to go, McCafferty. Again, government-run nonsense. Good to see they got challenged and "lost".

[bluesteel6138]

it is appauling.. that female officer was so out of line...she shoud take lessons from the state trooper..he was calm and non confrontational..and at least he was in his uniform. I really respect the owners of the pole....they were upset but kept their composure. the female officer had no right to order the home owner into his house on his property...what is going on america...the government can take kids basketball poles...but the congress cant decide on a budget..insnity at its finedt

[dedicateddad]

@bluesteel6138 The term you're looking for is "Sow" -- as in "... That Sow was so out of line..."

They're Pigs -- ESPECIALLY the oath-breaker in the nazi-suit. If he was half a man, he'd have refused to participate in this travesty.

They broke his board on purpose, too -- not one bit of doubt in my mind.

Do these people have one clue who their bosses are? Who is Master, and who is servant in this situation?

Still think we can "vote" our way out of this?

RIP, America.

[JRCrowley]

We are with you, sir.

[XDm45carrier]

For the HORDE!!!!

[MrDWD3]

The sad part is that city county state or federal employees pull this kind of gestapo crap all the time. While law enforcement doesn't stop them, they protect them. IT WAS STEALING!

Law enforcement management sees it as a "public relations" problem. while the rest of us who have had to endure this type of thing see it as a acute and chronic violation of our human rights, civil rights and dignity.

I say Kudos to John McCaffery , you are a good man, and I hope you win your suit against the DOT.

[intercooler2]

Guess he will put it in the back yard now.

[MrDWD3]

@intercooler2

You really miss the point. HE should not have to. They broke the people who put up basketball poles for their children and the children in their neighborhood, should be rewarded not harassed and punished.

The state troopers and FBI agent, can and should be fired for what they did. The pole was legal and some DOT employee (most likely the State Trooper living nearby) saw them keeping it form being removed as a threat to their authority and decided to pull some strings.

[MrDWD3]

@MrDWD3

The sentence, "They broke the people who put up basketball poles for their children and the children in their neighborhood, should be rewarded not harassed and punished. "

Should read They broke it....."

[intercooler2]

@MrDWD3 No I don't miss the point. Hoops and playing hoops don't belong on public roads plain and simple.

[MrDWD3]

@intercooler2 U miss more than U Kno!

1. The public right of way belongs to all the public equally, provided they do not block each others passage. That includes children playing basketball!

But seeing as how I am confusing you with facts legalities and your mind is made up. I intend to go on.

2. The county NOT STATE maintains those roads .

3. The people removing the poles were state employees.

4. The Pole was NOT in violation.

5. A state trooper lives nearby.

6. The woman is LT in Del S. T.

[MrDWD3]

@intercooler2 U miss More Than U kno!

I know your mind is made up, and facts just confuse you, BUT

1 The public right of way belongs to everyone even kids playing basketball.

2 That pole was NOT in violation!

3 The one with the "FBI"(?)sweatshirt, a LT. in the Delaware St. Troopers. Looked like she just awoke.

4 A state trooper lives nearby.

5 Only poles from that neighborhood were taken.

6 The county maintains Claymont's roads, but everyone trying to take the pole were from state agencies.

[exodous02]

@intercooler2 Then pass a law against playing hoops on public roads don't use this obscure law to enforce it. Also, apparently he wasn't in violation to begin with. Then there is the blond lady that flat out lied, on camera, two or more times, that makes most people upset. It was a lot of excessive force to pull one pole out of the ground also.

[intercooler2]

@exodous02 Bottom line is it didn't belong there regardless of history and we only see the one side. Who gives two squirts of piss.

[exodous02]

The point is not about the poll, it is about abusing power and those that wield the power flat out lie on camera. And he wasn't in violation to begin with, or at least that what he says about the distance in the video. A wrong was done and everyone was was wronged has the right to press charges. If the poll was in violation and the authorities didn't flat out lie I wouldn't be debating with you on this right now. 'Fight for your rights man, don't lay down and take it' is what I say.

[intercooler2]

@exodous02 Well then I guess he sues and Court and wins or loses. Who cares.

[exodous02]

@intercooler2 Well, as a US citizen I care, it affects my rights as it can be cited in a legal battle I might get into if this does go to court.

Anytime there is an abuse of power anywhere in the government that governs you you should care. I don't know if you're a US citizen or not though, that might be where the confusion is.

[intercooler2]

@exodous02 It was in an illegal place plain and simple. On his property... yard, driveway fine.

[leftgibson]

@intercooler2 You are a chode!

[intercooler2]

@leftgibson Nice. Tear em all down LOL

[leftgibson]

@intercooler2 We all know that you are not allowed within 1500 feet of a school or any children because of that pesky thing you have to register with the state. Maybe it's best they take down any kids play items that will cause you to stare out the window of your parents home foaming at the mouth with your 2 inch rock hard chode between your index finger and pinky.

[Mobal22]

hell yes

[KiddsockTV]

I hope they make the State pay for the repair of that hoop.

PLUS the punishment of the DelDOT Woman Represantative and Police Officer that Flat OUt Lied to John. The Whole thing is a waste of money. In today's economy it was completely unnecessary.

Hope there is more news to come of this.

[Crimble67]

I wish he hadn't thanked the piece of shit NWO goon.

[MaKaElectric]

Sent to all contacts, AWESOME! WINNING!

[ProbablyKilledYou]

the city should PAY FOR THE DAMAGES. 

[CommentorX]

@ProbablyKilledYou If this guy has already gotten the lawyers involved, you can bet a lawsuit is in the works for a lot more than a damaged basketball pole. Whoever gave this order needs to start emailing his resume ASAP. You can throw your weight around with the poor people down in Dover, but you'd better not mess with the rich folk in Claymont.

[noisyrag2]

@CommentorX Rich folk in Claymont? Have you ever been in Claymont?

[NWOfight3rs]

shouldnt they have paid for the damages?

[ahamatmabrahman]

@NWOfight3rs They certainly should have and they should have put it back too Can you imagine getting orders orders from your boss Today I want you to go this street and snatch all the hoops, if anyone wants their hoop back they can follow you to the depot and get it back ?

[greenghost2008]

This is not even about the hoop. This is about liberty vs tyranny.

[Veloce3]

@greenghost2008 ; I don't think it is that complicated. This is about Communities mobilizing and coming together whenever Bureaucracy imposes itself in a disorderly and inequitable manner. All the time we stand aside ,this will become more common place. Letting the Lawyers get involved just strengthens the System of Bureaucracy. Imaging the Neighbours of that Community standing together, the poles would not have been taken. Unfortunately we have lost OUR balls....

[dnnylee]

Glad to see the hoop is back.

[Skillspro14]

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