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By Andriy Pazuniak
The Tampa Tribune
TAMPA - Two teens were arrested today during a national skateboarding event in Tampa.
About 300 people attended the National Go Skateboarding Day at Perry Harvey Park, 1200 N. Orange Ave.
At the park, people skateboarded at the Bro Bowl. Then at 12:30 p.m., some members of the crowd marched down Pierce Street to Joe Chillura Park where they stood in the grass, held up their skateboards, yelled and posed for a picture.
On the way back to Perry Harvey Park, police arrested two 16-year-olds on charges of violating the city ordinance banning skateboarding on city streets and for opposing police officers without violence.
The teens were taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center, where they will be released to their parents.
The police are withholding their names because they are juveniles.
The first teen got on his skateboard, riding against traffic on Pierce Street, according to Tampa Police spokeswoman Laura McElroy. He cut off a police officer riding a bike, she said.
The officer almost crashed, she said.
The second teen was walking with his skateboard in hand and ignored an officer’s warning not to skate, according to McElroy,
By 1:30 p.m., most of the crowd had dispersed without further incident, though about a dozen remained and skated.
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