Father Pushes Back After Getting Hassled by Police for Playing Catch With Son in Park Reserved for Tots

‘I’m supposedly not allowed to hang out in the park with my family,’ he says, because of town’s age restriction.

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A few weeks ago, Adam Washington was tossing a football with his son, 14, at a park at Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Not too far away — but far enough to avoid being bonked by a ball — his wife was pushing their toddler in the swings.

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