Cops want you to know that urinating in a San Francisco alley is no different from urinating on our nation.

That was the message sent in a community newsletter released Monday by the Mission Station police department.

According to the newsletter, three cops “observed a scoundrel urinating on America” in the 500 block of South Van Ness Avenue just before 6:30 p.m.

The guy paid a price for his lack of patriotism.

“Further investigation revealed that the scoundrel was in possession of methamphetamine,” according to the newsletter.

maldax@sfexaminer.com

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