Child critically hurt after ATV driver runs him down, flees in Northwest DC

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Anonymous wrote:Jeanine Pirro has more to say about this than our curiously silent mayoral candidates.

https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-pirro-jeanine-washington-atv-hit-run-child-dirt-bikes-injuries-bike-lane-critical-arrest-alford-weapon-vehicle-attorney-general-local-federal-weekend-boys-juveniles-adults-crime-metropolitan

Pipe down MAGA.

Seriously where are the mayoral candidates on this? If this child, who has bleeding in the brain and a spinal injury, had been hit by a car, they'd be up in arms.

It's also strange how silent the car haters/WABA crowd is. These kids were on bikes, in a bike lane when they were run over.

It's simple. The perpetrator was of the wrong demographic for the WABA/DSA types to care about it.

I think this is directionally correct but you're missing a key component. That demographic is able to rouse the WABA/DSA types to action when their negligence and willful disregard for the law manifests when they're behind the wheel of a car.

I think they're unable to this time around because of the importance of dirtbikes and ATVs to the, uh, "culture" of a that certain segment of DC residents. Anything pertaining to the "culture" of longtime residents is a third rail for them that they dare not touch, lest they expose themselves to accusations of colonization and gentrification.

There's a segment of white liberals who are afraid to criticize someone who is black for anything at all, including running over children with illegal ATVs. They tend to support Janeese Lewis George who opposes anything that results in a police officer arresting someone who happens to be black, regardless of what they did. That's why they're all silent about this completely horrendous incident.

the toxic segment of the left. trump thanks you.

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Anonymous wrote:Jeanine Pirro has more to say about this than our curiously silent mayoral candidates.

https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-pirro-jeanine-washington-atv-hit-run-child-dirt-bikes-injuries-bike-lane-critical-arrest-alford-weapon-vehicle-attorney-general-local-federal-weekend-boys-juveniles-adults-crime-metropolitan

Pipe down MAGA.

Seriously where are the mayoral candidates on this? If this child, who has bleeding in the brain and a spinal injury, had been hit by a car, they'd be up in arms.

It's also strange how silent the car haters/WABA crowd is. These kids were on bikes, in a bike lane when they were run over.

It's simple. The perpetrator was of the wrong demographic for the WABA/DSA types to care about it.

I think this is directionally correct but you're missing a key component. That demographic is able to rouse the WABA/DSA types to action when their negligence and willful disregard for the law manifests when they're behind the wheel of a car.

I think they're unable to this time around because of the importance of dirtbikes and ATVs to the, uh, "culture" of a that certain segment of DC residents. Anything pertaining to the "culture" of longtime residents is a third rail for them that they dare not touch, lest they expose themselves to accusations of colonization and gentrification.

There's a segment of white liberals who are afraid to criticize someone who is black for anything at all, including running over children with illegal ATVs. They tend to support Janeese Lewis George who opposes anything that results in a police officer arresting someone who happens to be black, regardless of what they did. That's why they're all silent about this completely horrendous incident.

The extra sad thing is the kid who was run over is also black. How about supporting law abiding black families who are just trying to raise good,productive members of society? What about his parents? Don't they deserve to have justice for their black son?

They certainly do. However, the system that forces youths to use ATVs for basic transportation is at fault here. If only we had a way for these youths to have a car or provided public transportation that was accessible. But our society places undo burdens on our youth to access these resources.

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The amount of circle jerking on here buya certain type of poster is super weird.
You all make something up, double down on it, then start quoting it as fact. It must be weird to talk to someone like you in real life.

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Anonymous wrote:Jeanine Pirro has more to say about this than our curiously silent mayoral candidates.

https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-pirro-jeanine-washington-atv-hit-run-child-dirt-bikes-injuries-bike-lane-critical-arrest-alford-weapon-vehicle-attorney-general-local-federal-weekend-boys-juveniles-adults-crime-metropolitan

Pipe down MAGA.

Seriously where are the mayoral candidates on this? If this child, who has bleeding in the brain and a spinal injury, had been hit by a car, they'd be up in arms.

It's also strange how silent the car haters/WABA crowd is. These kids were on bikes, in a bike lane when they were run over.

It's simple. The perpetrator was of the wrong demographic for the WABA/DSA types to care about it.

I think this is directionally correct but you're missing a key component. That demographic is able to rouse the WABA/DSA types to action when their negligence and willful disregard for the law manifests when they're behind the wheel of a car.

I think they're unable to this time around because of the importance of dirtbikes and ATVs to the, uh, "culture" of a that certain segment of DC residents. Anything pertaining to the "culture" of longtime residents is a third rail for them that they dare not touch, lest they expose themselves to accusations of colonization and gentrification.

There's a segment of white liberals who are afraid to criticize someone who is black for anything at all, including running over children with illegal ATVs. They tend to support Janeese Lewis George who opposes anything that results in a police officer arresting someone who happens to be black, regardless of what they did. That's why they're all silent about this completely horrendous incident.

The extra sad thing is the kid who was run over is also black. How about supporting law abiding black families who are just trying to raise good,productive members of society? What about his parents? Don't they deserve to have justice for their black son?

They certainly do. However, the system that forces youths to use ATVs for basic transportation is at fault here. If only we had a way for these youths to have a car or provided public transportation that was accessible. But our society places undo burdens on our youth to access these resources.

Lol. Do you seriously think these kids are riding their ATVs to school, work, and the grocery store?

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Anonymous wrote:Jeanine Pirro has more to say about this than our curiously silent mayoral candidates.

https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-pirro-jeanine-washington-atv-hit-run-child-dirt-bikes-injuries-bike-lane-critical-arrest-alford-weapon-vehicle-attorney-general-local-federal-weekend-boys-juveniles-adults-crime-metropolitan

Pipe down MAGA.

Seriously where are the mayoral candidates on this? If this child, who has bleeding in the brain and a spinal injury, had been hit by a car, they'd be up in arms.

It's also strange how silent the car haters/WABA crowd is. These kids were on bikes, in a bike lane when they were run over.

It's simple. The perpetrator was of the wrong demographic for the WABA/DSA types to care about it.

I think this is directionally correct but you're missing a key component. That demographic is able to rouse the WABA/DSA types to action when their negligence and willful disregard for the law manifests when they're behind the wheel of a car.

I think they're unable to this time around because of the importance of dirtbikes and ATVs to the, uh, "culture" of a that certain segment of DC residents. Anything pertaining to the "culture" of longtime residents is a third rail for them that they dare not touch, lest they expose themselves to accusations of colonization and gentrification.

There's a segment of white liberals who are afraid to criticize someone who is black for anything at all, including running over children with illegal ATVs. They tend to support Janeese Lewis George who opposes anything that results in a police officer arresting someone who happens to be black, regardless of what they did. That's why they're all silent about this completely horrendous incident.

The extra sad thing is the kid who was run over is also black. How about supporting law abiding black families who are just trying to raise good,productive members of society? What about his parents? Don't they deserve to have justice for their black son?

They certainly do. However, the system that forces youths to use ATVs for basic transportation is at fault here. If only we had a way for these youths to have a car or provided public transportation that was accessible. But our society places undo burdens on our youth to access these resources.

Surely this is satire?

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Anonymous wrote:Jeanine Pirro has more to say about this than our curiously silent mayoral candidates.

https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-pirro-jeanine-washington-atv-hit-run-child-dirt-bikes-injuries-bike-lane-critical-arrest-alford-weapon-vehicle-attorney-general-local-federal-weekend-boys-juveniles-adults-crime-metropolitan

Pipe down MAGA.

Seriously where are the mayoral candidates on this? If this child, who has bleeding in the brain and a spinal injury, had been hit by a car, they'd be up in arms.

It's also strange how silent the car haters/WABA crowd is. These kids were on bikes, in a bike lane when they were run over.

It's simple. The perpetrator was of the wrong demographic for the WABA/DSA types to care about it.

I think this is directionally correct but you're missing a key component. That demographic is able to rouse the WABA/DSA types to action when their negligence and willful disregard for the law manifests when they're behind the wheel of a car.

I think they're unable to this time around because of the importance of dirtbikes and ATVs to the, uh, "culture" of a that certain segment of DC residents. Anything pertaining to the "culture" of longtime residents is a third rail for them that they dare not touch, lest they expose themselves to accusations of colonization and gentrification.

There's a segment of white liberals who are afraid to criticize someone who is black for anything at all, including running over children with illegal ATVs. They tend to support Janeese Lewis George who opposes anything that results in a police officer arresting someone who happens to be black, regardless of what they did. That's why they're all silent about this completely horrendous incident.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jeanine Pirro has more to say about this than our curiously silent mayoral candidates.

https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-pirro-jeanine-washington-atv-hit-run-child-dirt-bikes-injuries-bike-lane-critical-arrest-alford-weapon-vehicle-attorney-general-local-federal-weekend-boys-juveniles-adults-crime-metropolitan

Pipe down MAGA.

Seriously where are the mayoral candidates on this? If this child, who has bleeding in the brain and a spinal injury, had been hit by a car, they'd be up in arms.

It's also strange how silent the car haters/WABA crowd is. These kids were on bikes, in a bike lane when they were run over.

It's simple. The perpetrator was of the wrong demographic for the WABA/DSA types to care about it.

I think this is directionally correct but you're missing a key component. That demographic is able to rouse the WABA/DSA types to action when their negligence and willful disregard for the law manifests when they're behind the wheel of a car.

I think they're unable to this time around because of the importance of dirtbikes and ATVs to the, uh, "culture" of a that certain segment of DC residents. Anything pertaining to the "culture" of longtime residents is a third rail for them that they dare not touch, lest they expose themselves to accusations of colonization and gentrification.

There's a segment of white liberals who are afraid to criticize someone who is black for anything at all, including running over children with illegal ATVs. They tend to support Janeese Lewis George who opposes anything that results in a police officer arresting someone who happens to be black, regardless of what they did. That's why they're all silent about this completely horrendous incident.

The extra sad thing is the kid who was run over is also black. How about supporting law abiding black families who are just trying to raise good,productive members of society? What about his parents? Don't they deserve to have justice for their black son?

They certainly do. However, the system that forces youths to use ATVs for basic transportation is at fault here. If only we had a way for these youths to have a car or provided public transportation that was accessible. But our society places undo burdens on our youth to access these resources.

Surely this is satire?

yep

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jeanine Pirro has more to say about this than our curiously silent mayoral candidates.

https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-pirro-jeanine-washington-atv-hit-run-child-dirt-bikes-injuries-bike-lane-critical-arrest-alford-weapon-vehicle-attorney-general-local-federal-weekend-boys-juveniles-adults-crime-metropolitan

Pipe down MAGA.

Seriously where are the mayoral candidates on this? If this child, who has bleeding in the brain and a spinal injury, had been hit by a car, they'd be up in arms.

It's also strange how silent the car haters/WABA crowd is. These kids were on bikes, in a bike lane when they were run over.

It's simple. The perpetrator was of the wrong demographic for the WABA/DSA types to care about it.

I think this is directionally correct but you're missing a key component. That demographic is able to rouse the WABA/DSA types to action when their negligence and willful disregard for the law manifests when they're behind the wheel of a car.

I think they're unable to this time around because of the importance of dirtbikes and ATVs to the, uh, "culture" of a that certain segment of DC residents. Anything pertaining to the "culture" of longtime residents is a third rail for them that they dare not touch, lest they expose themselves to accusations of colonization and gentrification.

There's a segment of white liberals who are afraid to criticize someone who is black for anything at all, including running over children with illegal ATVs. They tend to support Janeese Lewis George who opposes anything that results in a police officer arresting someone who happens to be black, regardless of what they did. That's why they're all silent about this completely horrendous incident.

The extra sad thing is the kid who was run over is also black. How about supporting law abiding black families who are just trying to raise good,productive members of society? What about his parents? Don't they deserve to have justice for their black son?

They certainly do. However, the system that forces youths to use ATVs for basic transportation is at fault here. If only we had a way for these youths to have a car or provided public transportation that was accessible. But our society places undo burdens on our youth to access these resources.

Surely this is satire?

yep

Partly. Progressives get really riled up about transit inequity.

[Anonymous]

Related- I'm in a VA suburb near a golf course and my friends have a golf cart. Their teenaged daughter got a ticket for driving the golf cart on their neighborhood street (the one with houses, not a 45mph street). She was actually coming back from the golf course, but off the trail since she was driving another neighbor home.

In DC I never saw an ATV get a ticket. And I'm sure we can all agree that golf carts are much less dangerous than ATVs. They can't get as fast, and they definitely aren't doing wheelies. They also don't have golf cart gangs boxing in cars on the highway. DC is just wild with what laws they enforce and which they don't.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jeanine Pirro has more to say about this than our curiously silent mayoral candidates.

https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-pirro-jeanine-washington-atv-hit-run-child-dirt-bikes-injuries-bike-lane-critical-arrest-alford-weapon-vehicle-attorney-general-local-federal-weekend-boys-juveniles-adults-crime-metropolitan

Pipe down MAGA.

Seriously where are the mayoral candidates on this? If this child, who has bleeding in the brain and a spinal injury, had been hit by a car, they'd be up in arms.

It's also strange how silent the car haters/WABA crowd is. These kids were on bikes, in a bike lane when they were run over.

It's simple. The perpetrator was of the wrong demographic for the WABA/DSA types to care about it.

I think this is directionally correct but you're missing a key component. That demographic is able to rouse the WABA/DSA types to action when their negligence and willful disregard for the law manifests when they're behind the wheel of a car.

I think they're unable to this time around because of the importance of dirtbikes and ATVs to the, uh, "culture" of a that certain segment of DC residents. Anything pertaining to the "culture" of longtime residents is a third rail for them that they dare not touch, lest they expose themselves to accusations of colonization and gentrification.

There's a segment of white liberals who are afraid to criticize someone who is black for anything at all, including running over children with illegal ATVs. They tend to support Janeese Lewis George who opposes anything that results in a police officer arresting someone who happens to be black, regardless of what they did. That's why they're all silent about this completely horrendous incident.

The extra sad thing is the kid who was run over is also black. How about supporting law abiding black families who are just trying to raise good,productive members of society? What about his parents? Don't they deserve to have justice for their black son?

They certainly do. However, the system that forces youths to use ATVs for basic transportation is at fault here. If only we had a way for these youths to have a car or provided public transportation that was accessible. But our society places undo burdens on our youth to access these resources.

Surely this is satire?

yep

Partly. Progressives get really riled up about transit inequity.

I mean is there a spot in DC that's far from a metro bus or metro??

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Anonymous wrote:Blame this on our stupid government. People have been asking that they do something about the ATVS for years. They've done nothing.

This. There is actually a great documentary re this in Baltimore called 12 o'clock boys from 2013. In it it is discussed that once when police tried to stop a meet up, it ended in a police chase and a kid getting killed. So after that the police stopped trying to stop them. There is a long history with this and it is really sad a kid got hurt.

I think 12 o'clock boys is on Showtime. A 12 o'clock boy means the driver of the dirt bike or ATV can ride it completely vertical with the front wheels in the air so it looks like the 12 o'clock hands of a clock. This has been in the culture for decades, first in Baltimore then it made its way in the DMV in the 2010s. The documentary really shows you the mindset of the drivers, they equate it to freedom, expression, being cool, counter culture, and aren't afraid of getting caught/going to jail/getting hurt. One kid even says something like "well I didn't join a gang so instead I am a 12 o'clock boy". Baltimore didn't know what to do, because they already were criticized for overpolicing and had a very poor relationship with the public but they also didn't want anyone to get hurt. They didn't seem to worried about the lawlessness or the traffic issues. They tried to get the kids to just do it on Sundays or something like that and then there was a push for the city to build an ATV park so they could ride their dirt bikes and ATVs there instead of in the street.

The documentary is wild, I think it won a bunch of awards. Anyway, it is a fascinating look into this culture and mindset. It is not surprising that the government/police STILL don't know what to do, but none of them can claim "well we didn't know this would happen" because this was 2013, meaning it was filmed a few years before so there has been at least 15 years of this problem.

trailer here: https://youtu.be/gOMQY6k16TU?si=3iDX5RrLe33C_VMa

This is all stupid. If a person driving a car had run over two kids, there would be no end to the outrage. But because it's someone on an ATV, we're powerless? Why are ATV's even legal to own in this city? No one needs an ATV is one of the most densely populated cities in the Western hemisphere.

It's politics. JLG goes to the scene of an accident when a child is hit by a car. When they're hit by an ATV? Nothing.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNI2uupBmF4/

It's pathetic the mayoral candidates have not addressed this. As it warms up, the roving gangs of ATVS are going to be out more and more...

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Anonymous wrote:Related- I'm in a VA suburb near a golf course and my friends have a golf cart. Their teenaged daughter got a ticket for driving the golf cart on their neighborhood street (the one with houses, not a 45mph street). She was actually coming back from the golf course, but off the trail since she was driving another neighbor home.

In DC I never saw an ATV get a ticket. And I'm sure we can all agree that golf carts are much less dangerous than ATVs. They can't get as fast, and they definitely aren't doing wheelies. They also don't have golf cart gangs boxing in cars on the highway. DC is just wild with what laws they enforce and which they don't.

She got a ticket because she actually pulled over and a golf cart can’t outrun a police vehicle anyways. Police can’t initiate a high speed chase through the middle of a city because it is against department policy. A police pursuit through a city is not the same as your suburb.

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Anonymous wrote:Related- I'm in a VA suburb near a golf course and my friends have a golf cart. Their teenaged daughter got a ticket for driving the golf cart on their neighborhood street (the one with houses, not a 45mph street). She was actually coming back from the golf course, but off the trail since she was driving another neighbor home.

In DC I never saw an ATV get a ticket. And I'm sure we can all agree that golf carts are much less dangerous than ATVs. They can't get as fast, and they definitely aren't doing wheelies. They also don't have golf cart gangs boxing in cars on the highway. DC is just wild with what laws they enforce and which they don't.

She got a ticket because she actually pulled over and a golf cart can’t outrun a police vehicle anyways. Police can’t initiate a high speed chase through the middle of a city because it is against department policy. A police pursuit through a city is not the same as your suburb.

This nonsense is about high speed chases is just an excuse to do nothing. DC doesn't even try to catch these shitheads. As you can tell by the politicians' silence on these kids getting run over, they'd all rather just look the other way.

[Anonymous]

https://www.reddit.com/r/washdc/comments/1sh59ru/10_yearold_boy_was_knocked_unconscious_after/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Related- I'm in a VA suburb near a golf course and my friends have a golf cart. Their teenaged daughter got a ticket for driving the golf cart on their neighborhood street (the one with houses, not a 45mph street). She was actually coming back from the golf course, but off the trail since she was driving another neighbor home.

In DC I never saw an ATV get a ticket. And I'm sure we can all agree that golf carts are much less dangerous than ATVs. They can't get as fast, and they definitely aren't doing wheelies. They also don't have golf cart gangs boxing in cars on the highway. DC is just wild with what laws they enforce and which they don't.

She got a ticket because she actually pulled over and a golf cart can’t outrun a police vehicle anyways. Police can’t initiate a high speed chase through the middle of a city because it is against department policy. A police pursuit through a city is not the same as your suburb.

Issuing tickets to ATVs will certainly have an impact here. DC could even issue two tickets each time to really prove a point.