NY Post: NYPD lets pop-up bike gangs rampage

[LiberalElite]

http://nypost.com/2013/10/02/nypd-lets-pop-up-bike-gangs-rampage/

They’re hell on wheels — and NYPD cops won’t touch them.

The department has ordered cops not to chase after large biker groups like the one that beat a driver near the West Side Highway because of the risk that innocent bystanders or the riders will be killed, law-enforcement sources told The Post.

“The people who are doing this aren’t stopping when police try to pull them over,” one source said, noting that the bikers can simply jump sidewalks and mow down pedestrians to flee cops.

The department also doesn’t have the manpower to police the rogue riders, who get together for pop-up outings and often use unregistered bikes.

[CANDO]

1. Yeah, sounds like big fun!

Some of the biker defenders on other threads should go there and join in. Great fun! Let it all out, and then blame other people if you get hurt.

[tularetom]

2. I guess it's different from whuppin up on peaceful Occupy protesters

After all, these bikers might actually fight back and embarrass the cops and maybe even put one or two of them in the hospital.

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. definitely would not happen in LA. blocking streets would create public outrage