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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was shocked to see a great big group of ATVs riding down the wrong way of Constitution right toward us. They took over both directions in a moving caravan. We just froze in place, no where to go.

What makes you think you weren't going the wrong direction? Check your privilege.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ATVers generally live in PG County. They don't have license plates and wear helmets so can't be identified. if police give chase, it is more likely to cause crashes and more destruction and injury. What exactly do you all propose?

Is it really that hard? Follow them in unmarked police cars or with drones. When they stop to get gas or when they go home, arrest them and destroy their ATVs. Chances are, they're poor and won't be able to buy another ATV for awhile. You could also pay the public to identify them.

This is wildly illegal.

Terribly sad for all involved. I hope both the child and the driver find healing.

You disgust me. You are part of the problem, and probably for give-them-a-hug legislation. The driver isn't looking for healing. They are looking to cause chaos and pain. The more the better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ATVers generally live in PG County. They don't have license plates and wear helmets so can't be identified. if police give chase, it is more likely to cause crashes and more destruction and injury. What exactly do you all propose?

Is it really that hard? Follow them in unmarked police cars or with drones. When they stop to get gas or when they go home, arrest them and destroy their ATVs. Chances are, they're poor and won't be able to buy another ATV for awhile. You could also pay the public to identify them.

This is wildly illegal.

Terribly sad for all involved. I hope both the child and the driver find healing.

You disgust me. You are part of the problem, and probably for give-them-a-hug legislation. The driver isn't looking for healing. They are looking to cause chaos and pain. The more the better.

This was very clearly an accident. The driver has to live with knowing that they caused very serious injury to this individual. That’s a heavy thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ATVers generally live in PG County. They don't have license plates and wear helmets so can't be identified. if police give chase, it is more likely to cause crashes and more destruction and injury. What exactly do you all propose?

Is it really that hard? Follow them in unmarked police cars or with drones. When they stop to get gas or when they go home, arrest them and destroy their ATVs. Chances are, they're poor and won't be able to buy another ATV for awhile. You could also pay the public to identify them.

This is wildly illegal.

Terribly sad for all involved. I hope both the child and the driver find healing.

You disgust me. You are part of the problem, and probably for give-them-a-hug legislation. The driver isn't looking for healing. They are looking to cause chaos and pain. The more the better.

This was very clearly an accident. The driver has to live with knowing that they caused very serious injury to this individual. That’s a heavy thing.

Sounds like he needs some hugs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ATVers generally live in PG County. They don't have license plates and wear helmets so can't be identified. if police give chase, it is more likely to cause crashes and more destruction and injury. What exactly do you all propose?

Is it really that hard? Follow them in unmarked police cars or with drones. When they stop to get gas or when they go home, arrest them and destroy their ATVs. Chances are, they're poor and won't be able to buy another ATV for awhile. You could also pay the public to identify them.

This is wildly illegal.

Terribly sad for all involved. I hope both the child and the driver find healing.

You disgust me. You are part of the problem, and probably for give-them-a-hug legislation. The driver isn't looking for healing. They are looking to cause chaos and pain. The more the better.

This was very clearly an accident. The driver has to live with knowing that they caused very serious injury to this individual. That’s a heavy thing.

Janeese Lewis George has entered the chat...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ATVers generally live in PG County. They don't have license plates and wear helmets so can't be identified. if police give chase, it is more likely to cause crashes and more destruction and injury. What exactly do you all propose?

Is it really that hard? Follow them in unmarked police cars or with drones. When they stop to get gas or when they go home, arrest them and destroy their ATVs. Chances are, they're poor and won't be able to buy another ATV for awhile. You could also pay the public to identify them.

This is wildly illegal.

Terribly sad for all involved. I hope both the child and the driver find healing.

You disgust me. You are part of the problem, and probably for give-them-a-hug legislation. The driver isn't looking for healing. They are looking to cause chaos and pain. The more the better.

This was very clearly an accident. The driver has to live with knowing that they caused very serious injury to this individual. That’s a heavy thing.

Janeese Lewis George has entered the chat...

And it turns out that the person we're supposed to be feeling for is the guy who was illegally riding an ATV on a city street, who hit two children while doing a wheelie, putting one of them in critical condition, and who then refused to help the bleeding child in the street and instead fled the scene so he wouldn't have to be suffer any consequences for their actions...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ATVers generally live in PG County. They don't have license plates and wear helmets so can't be identified. if police give chase, it is more likely to cause crashes and more destruction and injury. What exactly do you all propose?

Is it really that hard? Follow them in unmarked police cars or with drones. When they stop to get gas or when they go home, arrest them and destroy their ATVs. Chances are, they're poor and won't be able to buy another ATV for awhile. You could also pay the public to identify them.

This is wildly illegal.

Terribly sad for all involved. I hope both the child and the driver find healing.

You disgust me. You are part of the problem, and probably for give-them-a-hug legislation. The driver isn't looking for healing. They are looking to cause chaos and pain. The more the better.

This was very clearly an accident. The driver has to live with knowing that they caused very serious injury to this individual. That’s a heavy thing.

This man literally fled the scene, therefore he does not care about the child as much as he cares about the consequences.

This child might die btw, he’s still fighting for his life.

[Anonymous]

What is the canal guard doing if not stopping these crimes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ATVers generally live in PG County. They don't have license plates and wear helmets so can't be identified. if police give chase, it is more likely to cause crashes and more destruction and injury. What exactly do you all propose?

Is it really that hard? Follow them in unmarked police cars or with drones. When they stop to get gas or when they go home, arrest them and destroy their ATVs. Chances are, they're poor and won't be able to buy another ATV for awhile. You could also pay the public to identify them.

This is wildly illegal.

Terribly sad for all involved. I hope both the child and the driver find healing.

You disgust me. You are part of the problem, and probably for give-them-a-hug legislation. The driver isn't looking for healing. They are looking to cause chaos and pain. The more the better.

This was very clearly an accident. The driver has to live with knowing that they caused very serious injury to this individual. That’s a heavy thing.

Janeese Lewis George has entered the chat...

And it turns out that the person we're supposed to be feeling for is the guy who was illegally riding an ATV on a city street, who hit two children while doing a wheelie, putting one of them in critical condition, and who then refused to help the bleeding child in the street and instead fled the scene so he wouldn't have to be suffer any consequences for their actions...

How dare you assume that person's pronouns. I can see the real issue here.

[Anonymous]

Throw out some spike strips. FAFO.

[Anonymous]

Same crap happened in Baltimore. One lady was killed before. A teenager had a brain hemorrhage after being hit by an ATV while she was going to a Beyonce concert.

ATV riders should be shot on site with a hail of rubber bullets. Claymore mines with rubber balls should be set in their path to take them out. Claiming they're a part of "culture" is a joke. They're anarchists, criminals, and hoodlums that disturb the social fabric of society and even kill/maim people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ATVers generally live in PG County. They don't have license plates and wear helmets so can't be identified. if police give chase, it is more likely to cause crashes and more destruction and injury. What exactly do you all propose?

It's funny how, if this child had been hit by someone driving a car, people would be up in arms and people would say we have to change a million things including completely redesigning the roads to try to make this sort of thing impossible.

But, somehow, when the child is hit by a teenager illegally riding an ATV on a city street, people are like "there's nothing we can do to prevent this"

The car hating zealots at Greater Greater Washington seem totally fine with illegal ATVs on the streets:

"Dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are embraced by some in the Black community as a culture and form of expression, despite laws that forbid their use on all public roadways, sidewalks, and trails.

“Most of the bikers…communicate that riding their bikes is a source of freedom for them. It’s a way for them to address their mental health issues. It’s a way for them to de-stress."

https://ggwash.org/view/100595/navigating-the-intersection-of-dirt-bike-culture-safety-and-law-enforcement-in-dc

Crazy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was shocked to see a great big group of ATVs riding down the wrong way of Constitution right toward us. They took over both directions in a moving caravan. We just froze in place, no where to go.

What makes you think you weren't going the wrong direction? Check your privilege.

So now it’s a sign of privilege to be move in the correct direction on roadways?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was shocked to see a great big group of ATVs riding down the wrong way of Constitution right toward us. They took over both directions in a moving caravan. We just froze in place, no where to go.

What makes you think you weren't going the wrong direction? Check your privilege.

So now it’s a sign of privilege to be move in the correct direction on roadways?

*to move, not to be move.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ATVers generally live in PG County. They don't have license plates and wear helmets so can't be identified. if police give chase, it is more likely to cause crashes and more destruction and injury. What exactly do you all propose?

It's funny how, if this child had been hit by someone driving a car, people would be up in arms and people would say we have to change a million things including completely redesigning the roads to try to make this sort of thing impossible.

But, somehow, when the child is hit by a teenager illegally riding an ATV on a city street, people are like "there's nothing we can do to prevent this"

The car hating zealots at Greater Greater Washington seem totally fine with illegal ATVs on the streets:

"Dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are embraced by some in the Black community as a culture and form of expression, despite laws that forbid their use on all public roadways, sidewalks, and trails.

“Most of the bikers…communicate that riding their bikes is a source of freedom for them. It’s a way for them to address their mental health issues. It’s a way for them to de-stress."

https://ggwash.org/view/100595/navigating-the-intersection-of-dirt-bike-culture-safety-and-law-enforcement-in-dc

Crazy

Some of the nutty rhetoric we get about cars, quoted today in a Washington Post story.

“A 4,000-pound machine driven repeatedly at reckless speed by someone who has shown that they will not stop is absolutely no different from someone with an AK-47,” Karthik Balasubramanian of the group D.C. Families for Safe Streets said at a recent public hearing. “If there was such a person who was roaming the District with an AK-47 randomly shooting … we would mobilize all available resources to separate that person from their weapon and let them get the help that they need. Why are we not doing the same with the dangerous drivers who are abusing their own weapons?”

But silence on illegal ATVs running over children.