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Old 06-22-2022, 10:56 AM
 
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"New York City Mayor Eric Adams waved a checkered flag to start a bulldozing event, where 100 illegal dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles, confiscated by the New York City Police Department, were crushed"

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1539599082397659138

No celebrities were spotted, so Mayor Adams insisted that this was a sincere effort to deter people from illegally using such vehicles and not another cheap publicity stunt.
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Old 06-22-2022, 12:43 PM
 
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That's a start!
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Old 06-22-2022, 01:04 PM
 
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Was the checkered flag part really necessary? If he wants to show seriousness, that's not the way to do it.
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Old 06-22-2022, 01:07 PM
 
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Great that he took them off the street.
For those who think it would have been more productive to sell or auction them off? Think again.
The expense of storage,maintaining, paper work,would have been very costly.

This was the cheapest way out for N.Y.C.
Good move Mr.Mayor.

Now if you could only apply this same principle to repeat offenders.
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Old 06-22-2022, 02:11 PM
 
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Was the checkered flag part really necessary? If he wants to show seriousness, that's not the way to do it.
Turning out to be a PR clown.
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Old 06-22-2022, 02:21 PM
 
Location: NYC
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The PR flag waving was cringy,..but I enjoyed watching those things get crushed.
There were alot!

That's a lot of nuisance off the sidewalks and streets.

Keep going,..make it a weekly thing
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Old 06-22-2022, 02:27 PM
 
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The PR flag waving was cringy,..but I enjoyed watching those things get crushed.
There were alot!

That's a lot of nuisance off the sidewalks and streets.

Keep going,..make it a weekly thing
This is nothing new. Happended during BDB's time too. U less they start putting people in prison or very large fines, it won't stop.
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Old 06-22-2022, 04:58 PM
 
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"New York City Mayor Eric Adams waved a checkered flag to start a bulldozing event, where 100 illegal dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles, confiscated by the New York City Police Department, were crushed"

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1539599082397659138

No celebrities were spotted, so Mayor Adams insisted that this was a sincere effort to deter people from illegally using such vehicles and not another cheap publicity stunt.
Maybe the ones in the Bronx that constantly ride up an down the Grand Concourse or Morris Avenue didnt get the memo because they are at it every weekend there is good weather
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Old 06-22-2022, 05:33 PM
 
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Maybe the ones in the Bronx that constantly ride up an down the Grand Concourse or Morris Avenue didnt get the memo because they are at it every weekend there is good weather
I'm sure that this public display will sway them as much as what this one did to curb gun violence:

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Old 06-22-2022, 07:02 PM
 
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Adams has been a disappointment so far, but I at least give him credit for trying, even if its just optics.

That bum Deblasio didn't even try and let these motorbike thugs run wild because its the woke thing to do.
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