Dirt Bikes Seized by Boston Police

[loudbeard]

Won’t they think of the children?

[Garandman]

On the South Boston Community page they are complaining about a weekly ride through there.

No video because most flip phones don’t have movie capability....

[backinthesaddle]

Lots of body cam vids posted today but nothing definitive re the crash. No dash cam's in Providence. They gave him Narcan as he was seizing and some thought it was an OD. At least one or two yelled don't remove his helmet or move his head or neck.

[02redhawk]

While I suspect there's a legitimate case for the way this practice can cut back on money moving about in illegal activities it sure looks fishy. Town has to get the money to operate from some place.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Ta...YCIRiL&index=2

[e30addict]

Back to the big group rides. They ripped down Tremont in front of BPD last week but I was on the other side of the road. This past weekend close to 100 hundred of them went up Mass Ave by Symphony hall. Still amazed at the skill some show; wheelies while lane splitting

[backinthesaddle]

In Rhode Island they caught two riders. Rode head on at police car then fell. When cop approached one of them he pushed cop and ran. Glad he was caught but see what he gets for punishment. Mayor of providence wants to register the bikes as he says they go right from dealership to street. Of course only during hours dealership is closed.

[e30addict]

Mayor of providence wants to register the bikes as he says they go right from dealership to street.

Typical political hack.

Of course only during hours dealership is closed.

Funny how that always happens. We stopped at a dealership in PA coming back from a trip. They had just had a smash and grab. Large group with several box trucks that was traced back to Baltimore. Interesting to watch the security feeds they had and see how well orchestrated it was.

[backinthesaddle]

60 bikes / ATV. As the guy who crashed escaped on the back of another ATV he lifted his shirt to show his pistol. Guessing he isn’t licensed to carry.

[Vovchandr]

60 bikes / ATV. As the guy who crashed escaped on the back of another ATV he lifted his shirt to show his pistol. Guessing he isn’t licensed to carry.

America is built on people thinking they can't do no wrong and anti government beliefs.

Only difference between the audacity of these fools to break laws and the likes of people on January 6th is that one groups breaks the laws knowingly and the other thinks they are entitled to do whatever they want and they arent breaking laws.

Whichever side of the coin you're on there are 100+ million people in this country with this mindset.

Easiest example of that is everyday in traffic when somebody disobeys basic traffic rules and then still flips you off as they cut you off.

Mostly a human problem but the way America is build on individualism amplifies this dilemma.

[e30addict]

Only difference between the audacity of these fools to break laws and the likes of people on January 6th is that one groups breaks the laws knowingly and the other thinks they are entitled to do whatever they want and they arent breaking laws.

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Which group is which in your mind?

[Vovchandr]

Which group is which in your mind?

I haven't seen any dirt bikers with name badge lanyards around their necks posing for pictures.

[gregp]

https://www.masslive.com/springfield...&ICID=ref_fark

Heh.

[Johnpewpew]

https://www.masslive.com/springfield...&ICID=ref_fark

Heh.

Ya idk what they are thinking. That's definitely gonna stop the dirt bikers.....

[jimmycapp]

Yea. That's dumb. Let's try to get off-road vehicle off the road, using an off-road vehicle. Ya know, you gotta think like the criminal....

[SteveM]

100% some wacky federal grant money being used.

[01xj]

We got this new toy but we're not going to take someone off patrol to use it and we're not going to pay overtime to staff it. - PD, probably.

[jeantarrou]

https://www.masslive.com/springfield...&ICID=ref_fark

Heh.

When I saw this I immediately imagined a yet-produced Reno 911 episode with the cops absolutely TEARING IT UP along sidewalks, breaking every traffic law out there, foaming at the mouth and literally ramming into the dirtbikers/atv'ers God that would be so epic, raising hell with a cloud of pepper spray in their wake. Come on Springfield PD, make it happen!

100% some wacky federal grant money being used.

Probably pretty accurate here. The fire department I work for scored a half million dollar "Special Hazards" truck about 15 years ago, it's NEVER been staffed, literally just a parade piece...

[FriskyDingo]

In 3 months they will be using it for parking tickets....

[feralchimp]

Interesting to watch the security feeds they had and see how well orchestrated it was.

Would love to see that footage.

[feralchimp]

https://www.masslive.com/springfield...&ICID=ref_fark

And they was usin' up all kinds of cop equipment that they had hangin'
Around the Police Officer Station.
They was takin' plaster tire tracks, Footprints, dog-smellin' prints
and they took twenty-seven 8 x 10 colored
Glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of
Each one explainin' what each one was, to be used as evidence against us
Took pictures of the approach, the getaway, the northwest corner, the
Southwest corner
And that's not to mention the aerial photography!

https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/1051145...27s+Restaurant

[SteveM]

And they was usin' up all kinds of cop equipment that they had hangin'
Around the Police Officer Station.
They was takin' plaster tire tracks, Footprints, dog-smellin' prints
and they took twenty-seven 8 x 10 colored
Glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of
Each one explainin' what each one was, to be used as evidence against us
Took pictures of the approach, the getaway, the northwest corner, the
Southwest corner
And that's not to mention the aerial photography!

https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/1051145...27s+Restaurant

Very well played for those of us of the appropriate age...

[Garandman]

The Massacree....

[backinthesaddle]

Joint press conference for Providence and Cranston today. They said they will confiscate and send the bikes and ATV to the Dominican Republic for their PD to use. Not sure how that came up. Bike 11 report to a hold up at bodega. Ok but I’m on a CRF70 so it will take some time.

[e30addict]

Joint press conference for Providence and Cranston today. They said they will confiscate and send the bikes and ATV to the Dominican Republic for their PD to use. Not sure how that came up. Bike 11 report to a hold up at bodega. Ok but I’m on a CRF70 so it will take some time.

Are they gonna use the same containers all the stolen Camrys end up in heading that way?

[backinthesaddle]

Are they gonna use the same containers all the stolen Camrys end up in heading that way?

Now that's sound fiscal thinking.