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    BRICKBATS

    Jun 19, 2020 2 minutes
    —CHARLES OLIVER

    After a skate park in San Clemente, California, was closed (along with other city recreation facilities) to promote social distancing, skaters ignored “no trespassing” signs and continued to use it. So officials dumped 37 tons of sand in the park. Then dirt bikers showed up to enjoy the new facility instead.

    Jackson, Tennessee,

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