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
在德州的阿灵顿，日前一名警察Eric Ball在电影院的户外停车场逮到了一个正在
抽大麻的青少年，警察的作法不是将这个屁孩送进监狱，而是让他做两百个伏地
挺身来换取自由。
警察的上司Cook表示Eric进警队服务之前曾经在高中打过橄榄球，球队教练正是用
这种方式来让球员们记取教训。
屁孩充分了解到自己犯了错误，之后Eric在电影院找到少年的妈妈，妈妈也将这段
惩罚过程录下来，中间不断感谢警察之外，更说之后要把这个影片给少年观看，让
他好好地反省。
少年的母亲也将这段影片传到个人脸书，短期间内就已经超过百次分享，近14万人
次看过这段影片，而网友也大力称赞警察采取的行为。
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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