Arlington police officer allows teen do push-ups instead of jail time
for smoking weed
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvJeYQFEsmA
在德州的阿靈頓，日前一名警察Eric Ball在電影院的戶外停車場逮到了一個正在
抽大麻的青少年，警察的作法不是將這個屁孩送進監獄，而是讓他做兩百個伏地
挺身來換取自由。
警察的上司Cook表示Eric進警隊服務之前曾經在高中打過橄欖球，球隊教練正是用
這種方式來讓球員們記取教訓。
屁孩充分了解到自己犯了錯誤，之後Eric在電影院找到少年的媽媽，媽媽也將這段
懲罰過程錄下來，中間不斷感謝警察之外，更說之後要把這個影片給少年觀看，讓
他好好地反省。
少年的母親也將這段影片傳到個人臉書，短期間內就已經超過百次分享，近14萬人
次看過這段影片，而網友也大力稱讚警察採取的行為。
An Arlington police officer is receiving lots of praise from social media
after his encounter with a teen boy. According to the video circulating on
social media, the officer allowed the teen to do push-ups versus taking
him to jail.
Arlington police identified the officer in the video as Officer Eric Ball.
He was working off-duty one night at an Arlington movie theater when someone
told him a teenager was smoking weed outside.
When he went out, he saw the teenager finishing a cigarette and discarding
it, smelling marijuana as he approached.
"Marijuana gives [off] a distinct odor. He knew what the teen was up to,"
said Lt. Chris Cook with Arlington police.
Lt. Cook said the teen was respectful and realized he'd made a mistake.
While Officer Ball could have arrested him, he decided to do something
different.
"He said, 'You give me 200 push-ups, I won't put you in jail," said Lt.
Cook.
Officer Ball played high school football, and push-ups are how his coaches
used to discipline. According to Cook, he'd never done this before, but it
popped into his head in the moment.
"He could have very well arrested this teen, but instead he tried to do
something better," said Lt. Cook.
Arlington police said they don't know the name of the teenager, but that he
was about 17 or 18 years old. According to police, Officer Ball found the
teenager's mother inside the movie theater, and she gave him a hug and
thanked him.
"She gave a stern warning to her son and even told the officer, 'I would
have made him do more push-ups,'" said Lt. Cook.
Raiza Paradez posted the video to Facebook and it has been shared hundreds
of times with people commenting on how proud they are of the officer's actions.
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