Stunting dirt bikers, quad riders jam up Expressway; cops respond in force, one person shot

Driving back from NH today and got stuck in horrible tunnel traffic and rolled past about 20 cops and 4 flat bed wreckers who had the Mass Ave ramp closed off. Looks like they finally cornered these hooligans thanks to traffic, a sting or dumb luck (or a combination thereof).

Throw the book at them. They tear up my neighborhood every spring/Summer/fall.

Sure, those quads are annoying, but how did this lead to someone getting shot? That seems like a ridiculously extreme outcome.

Back in 1970 the PLO started putting up check points in Anman Jordan basically defying King Hussein and saying this area is now ours and telling the King to piss off.

The King and his people politely asked the PLO to please stop.

The PLO still said no.

The Jordanian Army and Air Force then beat the living snot out of the PLO.

Lesson learned. The PLO wasn't a problem in Jordan anymore.

I believe our dear friends the quad riders and those who will tear up the city (and its parks) to the detriment of the enjoyment of others. were told many times to cut it out by the local constabulary.

I hoped the lesson was learned today.

Just remember this next time there is a drag race down Beacon Street and innocents are killed. The cops did their jobs right today.

I was heading to work via Melena Cass, over the highway and NB on 93 as this went down.
It seemed to have been a well planned maneuver by the State police to box them in. there were several cop cars lying wait along Melnea ready to head the wrong way up the 93 exit ramp along Frontage road. As I crested the overpass, could the bikers kids heading down either the ramp or the frontage road with 4 or 5 cop cars in pursuit. About that time the cop cars on Menea were coming up the wrong way boxing the kids in. There was a lot of circling and scrambling by the biker kids and the two lines of cops closed in. Bikes we dropped and kids we running. I heard what I thought was a gunshot and suddenly a mass of them jumped the retaining wall and ran onto 93 southbound into traffic which was as usual moving slowly. Some were on foot and some were pulling their bikes over the wall, and running willy-nilly through traffic. Lots of honking ensued. About that point I was merging into traffic north bound and missed the rest of the show.

It gives me a headache just looking at this stuff. Someone’s going to get killed. There’s got to be a better way for these idiots to get a thrill than—literally—playing in traffic.

I'm not sure what the stuff is but it seems like London is working on some "tag now and catch later" solutions. Spike strips and this spray might be a good tactic in the city since chasing them is forbidden due to safety considerations.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/scotland-yard-unveil-new-tactics-i...

There are gangs that terrorize the City riding these dirt bikes. A large group of 20-40 will come riding down the street weaving in and out of traffic, stopping for no reason and just generally creating havoc on the road.

I have been on Columbia Road on my way home from Target and encountered them. They taunt you. Occasionally one may wave a gun at you as they come up alongside your car. They also have ridden through other neighborhoods at all hours of the night. Last summer, they ran through Roslindale a couple of times creating a ruckus.

Most of the bikes are stolen. I have seen auto accidents happen when the bikes stop short in traffic. They get off the bike laughing and run off - leaving the bike behind.

Last summer, BPD started raiding homes where motor bikes, quads and other mini bikes were stored. If there was no registration or the bikes were stored improperly; they were impounded. Residents were cited for safety violations as well. Again most of equipment were found to be stolen.

This doesn't sound like a serious problem until you actually encounter them. Then it is frightening. When I drove a land-yacht; I thought I might be reckless myself and oops, run a few over when they stopped short in front of me. Thought better of it as my info could become public record - and I didn't want to deal with any payback on the home front.

Saw this on way home from the airport. Huge thanks to the state police for doing this and hope they continue to do so. been passed by groups of dirt bikers and, four wheelers so many times on my way home from work and wished the police would follow them. Now maybe BPD will do the same?

I was exiting the Arboretum around 4:30 at the Arborway exit nearest the former Casey Overpass when these thugs put on "their show.". Glad that the various police went after them. I believe that the presumption should always be that violence of any kind is wrong. But there are circumstances where violence may be appropriate. Shooting one of the thugs (I'm assuming that they as a group did not discriminate on skin color and are thugs in general) in the extremity might make a lasting impression.

But the individuals who are gangbangers are unfortunately closer to being unredeemable. Hopefully the individuals in this group who are redeemable might wake up and grow up and realize that they are terrorists when acting on roads this way.

I watched the white car seen in the video. I wondered what the people in this car felt as they were surrounded by what looked like a motorcycle gang committed to generating fear and chaos? Did they fear for their lives? Were they wondering whether one of the thugs was about to pull a gun and shoot through the car's windows? Were there children in the car? What did they feel?

Purposefully creating dangerous conditions, especially as part of a gang of any kind, is terrorism. It might not result in harm to others (this time). But it is to create the feeling of terror in people who in this situation are innocent civilians. The tweet, "Boston bike life 0 State police 1 Next round will be interesting" is not exactly a comforting idea. Will these thugs next try this stunt with guns and proceed to use them if police try to stop them? Are there thugs in this group who are willing to murder?

Using the term civilians suggests that the thugs are of some kind of military mentality. Forgive the historical reference but it was these kinds of domestic thugs who formed the SA in the 30s. We know where that went. While these thugs may have been loosely organized via social media, there still exists motorcycle gangs committed to criminality and violence, including Hell's Angels and Pagans. For all that we know these thugs might include members of criminal motorcycle gangs looking for recruits with potential.

But then I think the NRA is part of a right wing conspiracy to turn democracy into a skeleton so that only the ultra right of plutocrats, Evangelical extremists, Fox News extremists, the Smith family owners of another right wing television network, the Sinclair Broadcast Network, and the many other ultra right wing commercial, religious, non-profit political groups and the usual assortment of neo-Nazis and sovereign nation groups. But again I realize I'm just paranoid.

..."Got eem!"

Preliminary investigation indicates that approximately 25-35 individuals were riding off-road bikes, motorcycles, and ATVs in a reckless manner in Boston today.

Huh. I see at least that many driver behaving recklessly whenever I walk around Boston, or god forbid bike. Never seen any police trying to stop that though.

Wonder why.

The State trooper who shot the rider has a nasty history.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/03/01/state-trooper-involved-shoot...