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

[Anonymous]

I’ve got pronouns in my email signature, and I think this is stupid. The ATV driver needs to be caught and sent to jail. This behavior must be outlawed.

Come on DJT. Do something with the law enforcement you sent to DC.

[Anonymous]

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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/

[Anonymous]

I don't know who Rini Sampath is but she appears to be the only person running for mayor who has referred to this

https://x.com/RiniSampath/status/2041226305111466468

[Anonymous]

Rini Sampath sounds decent. Thanks for posting the Link. I will be voting for her and I just donated. Really glad there is a third option. I live in Ward 4 and Janesse just disappears when there is an issue. She was more responsive a couple of years ago but not now. I guess she is moving on.

[Anonymous]

This is really weird political posturing by Rini Sampath or her staff. Find some other way to get recognition than using an injured child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rini Sampath sounds decent. Thanks for posting the Link. I will be voting for her and I just donated. Really glad there is a third option. I live in Ward 4 and Janesse just disappears when there is an issue. She was more responsive a couple of years ago but not now. I guess she is moving on.

It would be great if a third option really emerged. Kenyon would be uninspiring and Janeese would be a train wreck.

[Anonymous]

How about Greg Bovino? He retired recently and could move here and run.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is really weird political posturing by Rini Sampath or her staff. Find some other way to get recognition than using an injured child.

I don't think it's weird or posturing at all. I've never heard of this lady but I've heard the deafening silence from the Mayor and Council every summer while these jagoffs terrorize the streets and I would like to see someone treat it as the serious QOL problem that it is.

Honestly I'm surprised Kenyan didn't see this as an opening to differentiate himself on this issue. Janeese cannot bring herself to say that any crime is wrong so she would be easy to put on the back foot right now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is really weird political posturing by Rini Sampath or her staff. Find some other way to get recognition than using an injured child.

I don't think it's weird or posturing at all. I've never heard of this lady but I've heard the deafening silence from the Mayor and Council every summer while these jagoffs terrorize the streets and I would like to see someone treat it as the serious QOL problem that it is.

Honestly I'm surprised Kenyan didn't see this as an opening to differentiate himself on this issue. Janeese cannot bring herself to say that any crime is wrong so she would be easy to put on the back foot right now.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about Greg Bovino? He retired recently and could move here and run.

This is from Janeese's office. Anytime you criticize anything she does, they suggest you're MAGA. One of many reasons why she is unfit to be mayor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is really weird political posturing by Rini Sampath or her staff. Find some other way to get recognition than using an injured child.

I don't think it's weird or posturing at all. I've never heard of this lady but I've heard the deafening silence from the Mayor and Council every summer while these jagoffs terrorize the streets and I would like to see someone treat it as the serious QOL problem that it is.

Honestly I'm surprised Kenyan didn't see this as an opening to differentiate himself on this issue. Janeese cannot bring herself to say that any crime is wrong so she would be easy to put on the back foot right now.

I think it's weird that mayoral candidates don't address this. It's friggin outrageous.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a product of years and years of no law-enforcement or consequences for illegal behavior, regardless of how minor it seems. But this is what the people voted in and these are the policies that the people of DC want.

Quoting myself. The dc police union just posted this https://x.com/dcpoliceunion/status/2041480656803221925?s=46&t=R3AX3c486LFdeZpFtkN_eA

Add to that the case of the police officers who were criminally prosecuted for homicide for pursuing a motorbike or ATV driver who was riding illegally and dangerously on pedestrian sidewalks -- the guy tried to evade arrest and drove into traffic, where he was killed. Of course the police officers aren't going to pursue an ATV driver -- they've been told that they will be criminally charged if the person doesn't stop.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How about Greg Bovino? He retired recently and could move here and run.

This is from Janeese's office. Anytime you criticize anything she does, they suggest you're MAGA. One of many reasons why she is unfit to be mayor.

Well that would be new to me. Do you also scream about George Soros paying me?

Seems like I've hit the nail on the head. You get very defensive yet didn't deny it, very telling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is really weird political posturing by Rini Sampath or her staff. Find some other way to get recognition than using an injured child.

+1. No one should be allowed to advocate for children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How about Greg Bovino? He retired recently and could move here and run.

This is from Janeese's office. Anytime you criticize anything she does, they suggest you're MAGA. One of many reasons why she is unfit to be mayor.

Janesse and every other poster on DCUM.