Kid arrested for riding bike without a license.

[ClearSky24]

The police man tells him he doesn`t have a license....
Cuffed and stuffed.

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[Lochloosa]

1. Perth Amboy, NJ Story link below

https://nj1015.com/perth-amboy-cops-confiscate-bicycles-over-lack-of-license/

[dsc]

2. God as my witness I had no idea bike licenses were a thing

[LisaL]

3. It's a local ordinance.

NT

[jimfields33]

5. I can understand that's the law but ....

Why not a 20 dollar ticket and let the kid be on the way. I can’t see why it needs an arrest. That’s my problem with most of these stops. Give a citation on 99 percent of stops. Let the court settle them or let them pay the fine if they desire. That alone would save lives. I bet police would even be for that in most cases.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. Because it's pretextual.

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. I wonder how well known that is, among neighbouring towns

As the article says, the boy getting arrested said:

"What the f**k? We live way in Edison. We live way in Edison," he tells police as they walk him to a patrol car. "What the f**k are you f**kers doing?"

The code is here: https://ecode360.com/35010414

I'd bet that they don't have signs up at the borders saying "all bicycles past this point must be registered with the Amboy police before proceeding. This costs 50 cents per year." Almost the literal definition of a penny-ante , waste of time ordinance.

[Polybius]

24. Strong language for a kid to use to adults

In my day no one would dare drop f-bombs to adults you didn't know like that.

[muriel_volestrangler]

25. That's after he's been handcuffed for not registering his bike in a different town

I'd have given up being "respectful" by that stage.

[obamanut2012]

6. It is nothing but a moneymaker for places who do it

I also have always wondered if it has some racist and classist roots, and I think the answer is yes.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. Yep.

[doc03]

16. I was going to say it is probably to keep the (wrong) people out of

certain neighborhoods. Six police vehicles to handle a biker gang with two bicycles?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

28. Oh it's not about the 50 cents register fee. It's about hassling certain people.

No doubt in my mind.

[uponit7771]

4. Again, another situation where LEOs go to 100% of justified means of correction were most likely

... some white kids on bikes would've been told to get tags and have a nice day.

All white cops, all black kids ... just damn, we can do better America

[TraceNC]

7. So kids need a license for a bike but some say not for a gun.

Insanity.

[jimfields33]

11. Thankfully New Jersey require a license for a gun.

But some state dont.

[JI7]

15. black kids

[msfiddlestix]

9. Just Wow. Really, No effin words. n/t

[Fullduplexxx]

12. Selective enforcement laws

[70sEraVet]

13. And cops can't understand why they don't get respect.

[lindysalsagal]

14. As if they don't have anything better to do than harass kids.

Maybe this means we really do have too many cops?

[Ferrets are Cool]

18. I am beyond sick of this SHIT

[abqtommy]

19. When I was a kid and got a bike for Christmas I took it down to the police station and

licensed it since that was a city ordinance. The serial number and description of the bike
were part of the record so that if it was ever stolen it would be easy to track. My bike
never got stolen and I never complained about the process.

[tonedevil]

30. Aren't you just the perfect citizen. /nt

[ZonkerHarris]

32. did you also register it in the town next to your town?

nope

[Ilsa]

20. Require registration of bikes, but no requirement for helmets?

What a screwed "safety" law. As one guy commented, 'what d***head burg.'

[BGBD]

21. Helmets are required for anyone under 18

In NJ.

Watch the full video. There are ~50 kids riding bikes in the street. Riding on the wrong side. Riding wheelies. Not moving for traffic. Few helmets. Then they get warned and then they finally stop them.

These guys are old enough to ride their bikes all over the city then they are old enough to know and follow the traffic laws.

[Ilsa]

22. I agree, they should be warned for creating a nuisance

and hazard on the road. I don't understand why one of them was cuffed and why his bike was taken into possession.

[BGBD]

34. idk

The video doesn't seem to pick up what got him cuffed, but it must have happened between when he got off the bike and when the camera got him back in view. He was upset and I get it. Maybe he just said the magic words. You can get arrested for not having a license, so that's probably what it was. Either way, they let him go and released the bikes a little later from this.

The kids want to get out and ride their bikes and show off a little now that the cold weather is going away. The way they were doing it was going to get one of them hurt though and they are the perfect age to think they are invincible. The best solution to this would be for somebody to organize a ride like this that has a police escort that can make sure nobody runs up on them or runs and intersection and hits somebody.

A little community outreach and some time with the kids and cops doing something together wouldn't hurt anybody.

[Polybius]

23. It's insanity to require a license to ride a bike

Or go fishing for that matter. Enough with the stupid laws.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

27. System is working as designed.

[Rustyeye77]

26. Cuff 'em and book 'em.

I say 3 years in gen. pop.


Sarcasm

[tonedevil]

29. Fuck the police /nt

[struggle4progress]

31. I had my bicycle licensed when I got it at age 6. I had to follow

the traffic laws; and cars gave me the usual road courtesies

A few years later, I later moved a thousand miles away, where there was no bicycle-license requirement: I knew how to cycle in traffic, but the auto-drivers where I landed had serious attitude issues; they were aggressive, rude, and deliberately threatening

[PatSeg]

33. How many damn cops are there?

For a bicycle license? Obviously some police departments are OVER funded. This can hardly be considered a reasonable use of resources. That town appears to have too many police.