Nazis. No food for you!

not a bug

He’s seen ICE raids on a daycare center and a church that distributes food during this past week.

I was surprised to see the term "moped" resurrected in the OP article. Hadn't heard the term in YEARS!

A long time ago. 1970
I learned about mopeds und motorrads in German 1.
Scooters and motorcycles

Anything to distract from the Epstein files.

Not going to work, you bloated sack of monkey entrails.

Release the files!

use of police.

Is that is the wild west.
The regs are vague and most enforcement personnel can't identify them by their class, illegal or not. Bikes need to be pedal assit. Ones with throttle are or should be classed as mopeds or motorcycles depending on power and speed. Those don't belong on sidewalks or bike lanes, need licenses to be on the road or driven.

And most every state has their own flavour.

The NPR coverage at the time seemed to be largely in support of the crackdown in NYC.

NYC did give folks a heads up regarding their intent towards a crackdown, including seizing, fining, and destroying 2 Wheeled transportation not properly licensed or unlawfully operated.

D.C. residents got no such warning to the best of my knowledge.

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If motorists in DC are not aware that vehicles being used on city streets need to be licensed and insured, that would be the responsibility of the city government. That requirement exists in every city in the US.

If they are impounded, the owners will be able to retrieve them if they show they have valid licenses, proof of insurance, and pay the impound fees.

But yeah, if they just impounded them that's one thing...

This is intended as destructive intimidation.

The cruelty once again is the point

Fascism is defined by it's cruelly depraved delusional malevolence, which is both it's creed and purpose.

Without such, fascism would not exist.

Fascist depravity knows no bounds.

NYC impounded 13,000 and crushed 200 which is a small percentage (1.5 %)

BTW I'm OP

It was communicated regularly

https://wtop.com/dc/2024/06/mopeds-are-all-over-dc-now-police-are-stopping-the-ones-that-arent-legal/

This crackdown is broken windows policing with a large helping of overkill.

I have cousins who live in NYC who complain about couriers on bikes tearing through the city, sometimes hitting pedestrians, cars and light poles and stuff. They're generally aggressive and their attitude sucks. These fast-paced delivery services are notorious for being entitled assholes. They do break traffic laws and many operate vehicles that are unlicensed, homemade, unsafe and put together with duct tape.

BUT...

This is a low-priority quality of life issue in most densely packed cities. Local police can handle it. It isn't a major crime issue that should involve federal law enforcement. It's a bullshit tactic where Trump can legitimately say they're "enforcing the laws" and using these nuisance "law breakers" to ultimately justify his DC takeover. It's a psy-op.

DC leaders and congressional Dems have to push back - loud - and tell the public that this is a smoke-and-mirror exercise. We can't allow this to be used as justification for the DC takepover.

Why not just issue a citation, and tell 'em to get it registered? Destroying someone's personal property over something as petty as this is flat out evil. These fuckin' Nazis deserve whatever retribution comes their way.

Same as cars or trucks. If those aren't valid, vehicles are typically towed and impounded.

In addition, emission testing and a helmet is required.

The owner can get the vehicle out of impound by showing proof of all three items and by paying the impound fees. If they aren't claimed in a certain amount of time they are disposed of. Standard practice in nearly every city. They don't let an unlicensed driver drive away in an unregistered or uninsured vehicle.

https://ddot.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/ddot/publication/attachments/DMV_May%2017%202013%20Non-traditional%20Motor%20Vehicle%20chart_0.pdf

But misdemeanor crimes have to be directly witnessed. And the bill of rights says property can only be seized under Due Process. I streniously doubt there is any way those bikes can be retrived. Conditions to seize and public notice requirements are spelled out in the DC Municipal code.

Where I live these young men who work in food delivery are some of the few people I see in my relatively quiet life and they are always sweet kids or nice older men.

It’s a pretty hard life I would imagine. And worst case unsafe-though I hope not that. I wonder what kind of job security they have.

I saw something called an Amazon associates program. I mean it’s bs, because PR for giants is but I figure eh..if it isn’t pure bs, I hope these kids get something out of it. It’s like religious dietary restrictions-if the animals get a break that way fine by me .

Besides with the growing surveillance state, sousveillance by the not yet pacified means that customers who wish their delivery kids/men well whatever one’s views on the giants can do what little one can. Which is hopefully an incentive to treat your employees better where they deliver to locations with wary consumers. (I am waiting for Andreessen to shill that as a new kind of union almost! With no irony).

I worry sometimes that my private (and so far entirely inept ;-/ ) war against the system can make people like that in-between collateral damage. I imagine delivering here would be a chronic stress if your boss was a jerk ;-/. I really hope not. It shouldn’t be. I am not stupid or crazy just inept.

I do wonder what kind of future our dimwitted and cosily insulated elites are building. A shitty one is my uhh educated guess.

Republican efficiency means sending agents of the state to harass people on the streets of America.

ICE budget is larger than the entire Russian military

Usually over 50CCs need registration and a driver's license. Also they are subject to regular traffic laws. They began a crackdown in DC, NYC, and Boston over a month ago.

NOT a Homeland Security/ICE/National Guard issue.

Here in Philly, we have the infamous (who even had their own "reality show" ), PPA (Philadelphia Parking Authority), who patrol the streets for a multitude of things - obviously illegal parking, parking in a spot with an expired parking meter, and more recently, missing/damaged license plates and other types of vehicle infractions that include ATVs, dirt bikes, scooters, parked on sidewalks, etc. (they even host auctions of those that are confiscated). They'll pull up a tow truck in seconds and the vehicle is gone and deposited in some $250/day storage facility!

I see articles saying "authorities" are rounding up mopeds, etc. What authorities?
It seems like there really is a problem caused by booming food deliveries and 2 wheeled vehicles should but often don't comply with traffic and other regulations. But this is a local, not a Federal issue.
I don't see why Homeland Security/ICE/National Guard should have anything to do with it, and rounding up vehicles without proper citations over actual violations is not law and order, its' theft.
This seems less about safety than about how to destroy the economy of a large Blue city.

And doing so less than a year before this country's 250th Anniversary.

Great way to inspire tourism!

Here in Philly, which is about 2.5 times larger than D.C., we have that Parking Authority to take care of those vehicle issues (including booting vehicles) so the police can take care of more serious criminal activities.

But the problem with D.C. is this amalgam of "federal" and "municipal" due to the blend of local/residential areas with actual federal property.

I have been to Dupont Circle decades ago (stayed at the Washington Hilton back then) and the park part is managed by the NPS who have their own be-hatted Park Rangers and park police (the NPS has bike cops here in Philly within the Independence Mall area and I expect down there as well). But another part of the problem has been to completely decimate the NPS (and their Rangers & police) and then whine about imaginary "rampant crime".

(or exacerbated) so he could come the the "rescue."

Thanks for the clarification of various agencies involved. i expect they have the wherewithal to do this properly whereas giving it to ICE or the National Guard is like killing ants with a sledgehammer.

I wonder if Trump really thinks the bikes are a problem or whether he just sees it as a way to punish DC by shutting down restaurants and further crippling tourism.

ignoring the fact that the places where they have been prancing around, are the tourist areas, where probably 90% of the people walking around there are from out of town (not residents) and the rest work in the area. It's also where the media "is", so they can have them capture it all "on camera" to help boost their nightmarish "reality show".

Remember, almost everyone in this administration, from the very top at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, down to the lowest appointees, were "entertainment" figures (and/or worked in the field), and were involved in some kind of broadcast and/or streaming outlet.

Or is the "why they're doing it" not quite as simple as "regular traffic laws"?

This is all about Revenge for Trump and making life in blue areas worse for the people living there.

... fucking thugs live with themselves after being a party to such despicable acts. Are you proud of yourselves now, assholes?

That is photographic evidence that crime is increasing in DC.

Call the police!

For all practical purposes the city of DC has been taken over by a fascist army. The fascists will be killing people in the streets soon. It's going to happen. I give it 2 weeks before a group of DC residents will be shot at, maybe shot down and murdered, by pedo Trump's fascist army.

But it's business as usual in our failed democracy.

Jail them.

A lot of the wealthy just don't want visual proof that there are a lot of people without financial security just trying to find ways to survive.

Will ICE, or the meatball militia, or whoever those masked men are, start shooting drones out of the sky?

And where is George Jetson when we need help with street traffic?

Clearly that would be a Federal responsibility for enforcement

grr