When we talk about what’s going on in many large U.S. cities that are run by Democrats, tweets like this aren’t at all unusual:
Well I’m glad NY has their priorities straight.
— Brydak1 (@Brydak1) June 22, 2022
Violent crime is surging in New York City and other cities:
Violent crime surging in New York, Los Angeles: report https://t.co/ZKGqXZEkVE pic.twitter.com/cBA9GKjS19
— New York Post (@nypost) June 22, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams has taken care of a problem in NYC that he called “extremely dangerous.” Does that mean reversing policies about allowing dangerous criminals to stay out of jail? Nope. But residents might sleep better at night knowing a different problem has been crushed:
Nearly 100 dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles confiscated by the NYPD were bulldozed Tuesday in New York City's Brooklyn borough. Mayor Eric Adams called the vehicles, which are illegal on the city's streets, "extremely dangerous." pic.twitter.com/NgZaXk2ZkH
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 22, 2022
Let it never be said that the leadership in New York City doesn’t have the highest of priorities.
This is one of the most “having solved all other problems” things ever:
City officials crushed nearly 100 dirt bikes Tuesday, with Mayor Eric Adams saying he’s determined to eradicate the menacing vehicles from local streets.
In all, 92 of the illegal rides were pulverized under a bulldozer at the Erie Basin Auto Pound off Gowanus Bay in Brooklyn — as Adams vowed to continue City Hall’s war on the unauthorized recreational machines.
The bikes are not street-legal in the city.
“The NYPD heard the call, and they did a Herculean task to get rid of these loud, intimidating and dangerous and illegal dirt bikes and ATVs that are on our streets,” the mayor said at a press conference. “For years, we’ve witnessed what happens when they go under control or we do not enforce. They continue to grow over and over and over again.
Everybody in NYC must already feel safer (cue eye roll).
Ah so glad NYC is taking those dangerous dirt bikes off the street and not all those criminals assaults Asians and the Elderly. Clear Priorities
— サンケン (@Sun_KenHomie) June 22, 2022
Imagine being proud of this while murders, rapes and assaults are rampant. “Hell yeah we got the dirt bikes!!” Insanity. https://t.co/VoSiJF5lAL
— uncommentari (@uncommentari) June 22, 2022
If these were functional, this is incomprehensibly stupid. Donate them. Sell them for charity. What a dumb decision. https://t.co/5Gb5wWKr64
— Matt Verderame (@MattVerderame) June 22, 2022
“What a dumb decision” has been said a record number of times in the past couple years.
But why not resell them?
— Anil David Balram (@AccentrikAnil) June 22, 2022
Couldn't have auctioned them off with the proceeds going to a charity of some description?
— Anthony Lee (@AnthonyLee59) June 22, 2022
And miss an opportunity to teach residents a lesson about what happens when they cross the city government? Never!
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