Yes, in Lower Merion township in Pennsylvania, don't try to earn some money clearing driveways.
Two young African Americans were made to sit in a snow bank for twenty minutes or so while officers "conducted an investigation" of ...
... what turned out to be the claim that they needed a $50 soliciting permit.
Which only applies to persons over 18, it turns out. After all, you'd hate to see those Girl Scouts in cuffs with the cookies in the evidence locker.
This from the morning news on Philadelphia Channel 3.
I'll post a link if I can find one.
Phone for the Township Manager: 610-645-6102.
Still looking for info on the Board of Commissioners, which is well-hidden on their mobile web page.
Ah. Hidden under the Township Secretary's Office, best found using Google:
http://www.lowermerion.org/...
4:27 AM PT: Apparently one was 18 and the other older, something the TV news failed to mention. Regardless, the point remains about the stupidity of the exercise.