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NY Park Cops Squeeze Kid's Lemonade Stand for $50 Fine

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 16, 2009 7:59 AM CDT

(Newser) – Manhattan's Riverside Park cops put the squeeze on a kid selling lemonade with a $50 fine for doing business without a permit yesterday. "It was such a hot day I figured people would want a cold drink," said Clementine Lee, 10, dreaming of liquidity. Thick-skinned police made Clementine and her irritated pop close up shop. But the parks commissioner has decided to ditch the ticket. "We're making lemonade out of lemons," Adrian Benepe told the New York Post.

New York City park cops can be the pits.
New York City park cops can be the pits.   (©Pink Sherbet Photography)
Day goes sour for enterprising Upper West Side girl.
Day goes sour for enterprising Upper West Side girl.   (©paperfacets)
Clementine Lee and her pop were bitter about their treatment by park cops.
Clementine Lee and her pop were bitter about their treatment by park cops.   (©cote)
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COMMENTS
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jagerhans
Aug 17, 2009 9:58 AM CDT
mad you nickname is perfect , you are really a little crazy fanatic of rules.
cognitivefilter
Aug 17, 2009 5:42 AM CDT
are you kidding me, i can't believe that ass went through with the ticket for a 10 year old kid.
Mad
Aug 16, 2009 6:35 AM CDT
But.... it WAS NOT an 'honest buck', that's the whole point. Sheesh

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