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Speak Up! - View Question #391 |
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Question: Is skateboarding a crime?
Answer: Skateboarding itself is not a crime. However, skateboarding in certain locations may be a crime.
The owners of property - homes, shopping centers, parks, etc.- have the right to set reasonable rules for what visitors to their property can do while they are visitors. Owners could be individual people, in the case of a house, a company, in the case of a shopping center, or a city government, in the case of a park. It is common to see signs on property that prohibits skateboarding. This prohibition would be a reasonable rule because skateboarding could cause injury to both the skateboarder and other visitors. A property owner can be held responsible for injuries incurred by visitors while on their property and so most property owners try to set rules that reduce the likelihood for injuries occurring. If skateboarding in a certain place is prohibited and you are caught skateboarding there, you could be charged with the crime of trespassing, as well as other crimes depending on if anything on the property was damaged due to the skateboarding or if someone was injured.
Some cities have passed ordinances (city laws) that make skateboarding illegal in certain places. It is illegal to skateboard in the street, other than in a crosswalk, in Mesa. It is illegal to skateboard in or around city buildings in Chandler. You should check with your local police department to see if there are specific restrictions like this in your city.
There are many public places where skateboarding is encouraged like Scottsdale Skateboard Park. Its best to skateboard in areas made for skateboarding.
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On 01/28/09
Amber from FL said:
I have MANY friends whom skate, where we live there is NO good place to skate other than around town. Then if they get caught skating in places that prohibit it, they get their boards taken away. The main reason that skateboarding is "illegal" is because of how the skaters look. Long hair, wear skater clothing, and they get judged for how they look. Not EVERY skateboarder does drugs. I believe this is absolutely a rediculous law.
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On 11/23/08
Tyler from OH said:
This is one of the most outrageous things I've read in a while.....skateboards don't damage property, if they did, most skateparks would not be skateable, these properties would have been damaged a long time ago. They only damage it will do is if somehow they accidently break a window or a door or something
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On 11/20/08
jim from MI said:
yea dude everyone should join in and try to bring skate boards into stores
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On 10/28/08
tim from FL said:
skate boarding should not be crime unless the skater breaks somthing thats not theres on property thats they do not have permission to be on but stairs rails pole jams and other gaps skaters use should be able to use is the general public is allowed to use. im doing a paper on why skate boarding should be legal every where sho if u have any info comments and or questions whould be greatly appreciated thanks
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On 10/14/08
tre from CA said:
i dont know why everyone thinks that skaters are always no good drugies.i mean i skate and dont do drugs.and another thing is,is that when the pros skate they hardly ever skate in a skatepark
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