This week we asked readers their thoughts on a recent incident where police chased teens smoking marijuana from the lobby of a building onto a roof, where one teen fell to his death.

What was the crime again? It shouldn’t even be considered a crime, and all it does is clog up the courts and the jails. It doesn’t make sense.

Winston Bailey, Belmont

What was the crime again? It shouldn’t even be considered a crime, and all it does is clog up the courts and the jails. It doesn’t make sense.

Name withheld, Fordham

I don’t think they should chase someone like that. The law is the law, but I think the police should go about some situations a different way. I just think that this is a neighborhood, especially this block, where things happen. If he wasn’t a threat and they just smelled marijuana, they shouldn’t have chased him upstairs to the roof. Legally, you can carry 25 grams of marijuana, but smoking in the street is still illegal.

Kevin DeJesus, Kingsbridge

I think that’s terrible. If they smoke in public then give them a summons. If they are teens, give them a summons and call their parents. Maybe he wouldn’t have run away if he didn’t face an arrest.

Jany Arias, Parkchester

They shouldn’t consider that a crime. Cigarettes kill more people than weed. They should just legalize it already.

Sammy Falcón, West Farms

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