Great overview of urban skateboarding, cops, and specifically Philly’s Love Park in a great story by Catherine Caperello in the Philadelphia Weekly, titled: Enemies of the Skate.

Ever since skateboarding was banned from public places in Philadelphia back in 2002, the rules of the cat-and-mouse game between cops and skaters has been simple: The cops come and the skaters run. In the past, when skaters were apprehended, officers just removed the bolts from the wheels, preventing the owner from riding. Sometimes cops would break the boards or make a kid do a trick to get their board back. Worst-case scenario, skaters were arrested or ticketed or verbally reprimanded.

Nocturnal’s Mark Brandstetter weighs in as do Michael Rankine and Jason Klotz. Check it. . .

[Link: Philadelphia Weekly via Club Mumble]