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Forward-Contract9315 t1_jdxeled wrote

Reply to comment by SonOfBaldy in Providence Police Officer Surrounded by ATV Riders—Pulls Weapon, One Arrested by buddhamanjpb

they're getting these kinds of bikes specifically to fuck with you, why would we section off a little sanctuary for them?

ask the Providence subreddit though and I'm pretty sure they'll tell you these guys are just local flavor and definitely not problematic at all.

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azknight t1_jdxl7zg wrote

Correct. They aren’t just on the streets because there’s not an off-road track available. They’re hoping to start shit with people.

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/police-woman-dragged-from-vehicle-beaten-by-atv-riders-in-providence/amp/

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Designer_Dot_1492 t1_je0faxi wrote

Yup, how many of them ever go to the track in Richmond to pay for a day of off road riding?? None I bet.

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TimeSlipperWHOOPS t1_jdxmd4i wrote

No, the pvd subreddit also dislikes them

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Forward-Contract9315 t1_je27vwo wrote

I saw that thread too. Try saying it to them a different way, isolated from an informational article, like, "is it problematic that there are gangs of children in ATVs menacing the citizens of PVD?"

and you will find a fat % of them denying it's the case, or saying WELL I heard about that stuff but I've never seen it, another fat % telling you your comment has unwholesomely racial overtones regardless of its content, a substantial % asking you whether you just need PVD to be more similar to the suburbs, and then yeah maybe a small group who do perceive the behavior as a problem requiring a solution. None of them realizing for an instant that the victim blaming and "well I haven't experienced it so it must not exist" attitudes are exactly what progressive liberalism has been intending to combat for the last couple of decades. Then you might ask if the cops and simple enforcement are an appropriate solution and see how that goes--and I say this as an ACAB guy.

I can absolutely guarantee you, having posted in that forum on this exact topic before, albeit with a different account, that the bulk of the users there are more concerned with how you've identified this as a problem and how that might make YOU problematic, than with it being a problem in the first place.

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Thac0 t1_jdxl9pb wrote

During the pandemic when nobody was bustling around and there were fireworks 24-7 it was fun and novel but it had its time and now it’s definitely a big problem

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pmk0286 t1_jdxn8ks wrote

Nah not a problem at all, need the state to spend more money to make them a dirt bike park.

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PJfanRI t1_jdxokmv wrote

Why reward their awful behavior? Give them a park and they'd still be assholes.

Throw the book at them.

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pmk0286 t1_jdy116m wrote

/s, whoops! Honestly to me it’s laughable that this is a continuing issue in the city.

Maybe we could get the lifted diesel truck enthusiasts to meet the unregistered motor cycle enthusiasts..and let nature take its course

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