Comments about ‘Teens cited for McDonald's rap song think it's unfair’

I would fight it too. That is rediculous. Throwing your power around on these kids that were just having a little fun.

Carload of teenage boys who use the F word to a woman trying to do her job deserve a lot of community service time picking up litter under the direction of a police officer.

Mommy she bear dosn't realize that she's setting her son up for a much bigger fall later in life.

What is ridiculous is that the kids thought it would be acceptable to go to a place of business and pull such a stunt, and that the parents plan to fight the citation. When I was growing up if I had done something idiotic like this, I wouldn't have been able to sit down for a week. There is no sense of respect for others, no sense of propriety, and NO sense of consequences whatsoever in the youth of today, and it's reinforced by parents who pat their hands and say, "well, they're just kids". WAKE UP! Erika, how would you like to have been the restaurant manager in that situation? You very likely would not be saying they were "just kids having a little fun". These "kids" need to learn that they have to take responsibility for what they do, and that there are repercussions, even for having "just a little fun".

Can't have any fun in Utah County now can we?

Let's get both sides of this issue before we make judgements.

the fun part went over the line is what the issue became...rapping is fun sure, why not play a little game when you are a teen, but when you start throwing in insults and swearing at them when they ask you to leave, you warrant getting into trouble and the parents bailing them out only is proving to the teens that they can get away with disprespectful behavior towards adults, they are not teaching them a thing.

The parents of this adult and his rowdy friends, need to back off and let their children face the consequences of their actions. Its parents like this who think their "babies" can do no wrong who are the real problem. The police have no choice but to show up when called. If the perps had just left when asked then they could have had their fun with no consequences, but it was their subsequent actions which lead to the citation. I'm sure if I was in this manager's situation I would have done the same if a bunch of beligerent, abusive young men swore at me.

Gee, don't worry they'll all be on missions in a year or so.

"Can't have any fun in Utah County now can we?"

You have a very strange sense of fun. Young men refusing to leave place of business when asked and swearing at the woman who asks them to leave? Just hilarious and certainly something which would make me laugh out loud. I think the rap song was probably a bit of fun but then they crossed the line and that's what was not so amusing!

Rapping should be ticketed wherever and whenever it happens.

The parents are fools for fighting this. Constantly rescuing children doesn't teach them how to be responsible adults. Instead, they lack appropriate social skills and coping skills.

Let's see - guys thinking they have a "right" to be on private property, and that inappropriate behavior is OK, and that when police/security is called, they're being unfairly targeted...hmmm, I've read this story before.

The rap song may have been funny. But the order taker obviously didn't get it, so asked them if they inteded to order. If the kids purpose was to get food, decency requires them to comply. If theire purpose (as I suspect) was to laugh, ridicule, and demean, then their subsequent actions and vocabulary make more sense.

They refused to leave private property when asked - that's trespassing.

They used offensive language in public - NOT covered by the 1st amendment (as they claimed on the Dough Wright show Thurs morning).

They gave NO thought to how their selfish/juvenile/crude actions impacted others around them - that's disorderly.

They ought to get slapped on the wrist and pay a fine! (Momma Bear ought to get a good yelling at by the judge as well! Being "threatening" is not the ONLY way for you to be rude and disorderly)

These kids need to just pay up on the citation and live with it. They made a choice and this is the consequence. The fact that they chose to not leave the property but replayed the offensive material shows they thought they had every right to be there, but they didn't, especially after being asked to leave.

And parents who condone this behavior should be cited as well.

They need to pay the fine and SHUT THE HECK UP. You obnoxious kids have no right to disrupt someone's business and livelihood.

The McDonald's manager doesn't harass the kid when he is collecting aluminum cans so he doesn't have the right to disrupt her business.

You should have been arrested for such a terrible rap.

Let's do this, let the mother of this rapper go to her place of work and let him rap at her coworkers and disrupt their business and then drop profanity. Let's see how harmless her boss thinks it is.

This is not a Civil Rights issue. These kids are not heros, they are not fighting for what is right. Stop wasting taxpayer money and pay the fine and stop disrupting people's businesses.

I'll tell you what i wont be eating at Mcdonalds anymore, that is just stupid they called the cops its just a joke i mean really? look past it and get on with your job no need to get the kids into trouble especially an 18 year old who could have been arrested.

What a joke!

Welcome to Utah, the white collar crime capital of the country, where you can rip off little ole ladies and embezzle millions of dollars from your fellow ward members without begin arrested, but you sing a funny rap tune to order your Big Mac and you're busted.

We've got kids being abused, internet predators, domestic abuse —— and the police are going after this "high priority crime" -- Way to go Mr. Police Officer!! For this you should be banned from the doughnut shop for two weeks!

Kids rapping at the Mac, no problem--kids being stupid kids.

Teenagers dropping the F-bomb at a manager--kids being bad, disrespectful kids.

Being a teenager is a great time of life that includes some mischief. But teenagers should also recognize that foul language in public places is not appropriate, especially when around children.

A citation for mischief is a right of passage for a teenager. Pay the ticket, show the ticket to your friends for a good laugh, perform it at the pep rally for a big cheer, keep it as a humorous memory for your own kids, but DON'T go whining to your parents about it. All part of growing up.

(If all your whining is indicative of your character, I trust your rap lacked the street cred your F-bomb was trying to garner.)

Peace!

Got to love the baby boomer responses. This would not be the generation that has increased the number of incarcerations ten fold? Yo, if you don't step into line we have the great criminal system to finish you off. Use of the word Yo, is disorderly relative to the baby boomer paradigm.