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I’ll admit I thought we had more time before we made it to the “Roving Bicycle Gangs” stage of economic disparity.

>Boston Police were first made aware of the bicyclists when they responded to the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston Street for multiple reports of kids and adults on bicycles and scooters blocking the intersection, according to a department spokesman.
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>A clerk at the convenience store told police that the teens “took an unknown amount of merchandise from his store without paying,” according to police spokesman Officer Stephen McNulty. The clerk estimated the loss at $350.

To be clear, this menace is kids on bikes, not hooligans on dirtbikes.

"Tore up the streets" nah, that would be the rows of 5,000 pound trucks.

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They came through my street recently. I thought it was pretty cool. I’m sure this sub will have a hernia about the missing candy bars or whatever from 711 though.

Lol you say that now

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Yea just wait until I’m the owner of a 7/11. Then I’ll sing a different tune.

Looks lit AF

I meant you say that a bunch of teens/hooligans on bikes through your neighborhood is cool now. If you really want to see how it is, check out Philadelphia and you’ll get a good look at how it turns your city into the wild west

Philly is the Wild West…..and kids on bicycles are the reason…..okay…..

Oh man my sweet summer child

A few dirtbikers joined them as seen in the article's photos, and the kids stole $350 worth of goods from a 7/11 after blocking traffic.

Seems pretty sick actually, would have loved to be part of it as a kid

Could be cool if organized as a formal event, a parade, of sorts.

Edit: can someone explain the vitriol against this train of thought? Genuine question.

Shouldn’t these kids be in school?

Edit: shouldn’t these kids be studying for school on Monday?!

That is kinda badass tho, ngl.

A group of between 100 or 200 young bicyclists tore up the streets and parks of Cambridge and Boston Saturday afternoon

I live near a school. It always seems like they’re getting dismissed or something around noon. Kids always seem to to be on the T no matter what time of day as well. And it’s sometimes middle schoolers. I can see High schoolers getting let out early. Maybe I’m missing something about schools in the city???

They're closed on Saturday...

Ah well didn’t read that part… but my question still stands for mon-fri

Nothing says badass quite like wearing makeup with your bros, exposing yourselves and your friends to unnecessary danger with no upside, inconveniencing the public, and shoplifting!

>Nothing says badass quite like wearing makeup with your bros

Sounds pretty cool to me.

>exposing yourselves and your friends to unnecessary danger with no upside

Moderate risk taking has been considered badass/cool/rock and roll/whatever for quite a while. Also how big really, is the risk of riding in a giant group of mostly cyclists, doing a few wheelies or whatever?

>inconveniencing the public

oh no they blocked a road or two for a bit on a Saturday afternoon

>shoplifting

yeah that part isn't cool at all

You just described the Boston Tea Party! That's how America was founded buddy!

Lmao who’s got two thumbs and didn’t read the article 😂

This still ain't no Cleveland.

The boston tea party was far more civil and orderly. They only targeted the destruction of the tea owned by the east india company. People who tried to loot anything were told off. They made sure to clean up after themselves and replaced the lock they broke.

Organized as a formal event lol cmon. Yea so the town can deny the permit or make sure it happens only in some cordoned off area and is limited to 10 people. We live in MA after all.

Plus kids do things like this cause it’s mildly rebellious. There’s nothing mildly rebellious about getting a permit with the city lol.

Wtf? How was the tea party more civil? They were revolting against Tea Act of passed by British parliament which was the government in control! These people are literally doing the exact same thing! Do you hate the founding of America then???

I'm saying it's disruptive and dangerous when it isn't an official parade. Not that they should do that or that it would make sense. It might be exciting and rebellious, but it isn't safe.

I will say, if a bunch of kids do it legally, it stops being a weird unique thing that rebellious kids wanna do. That part might help discourage them.

No upside? They looked baller as fuck and got free 7-Eleven.

and these kids destroyed no property. They only stole from a corporation (which is fine by me because corporations are terrible) and biked down a road while looking baller af.

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Plus its just a bunch of bicycles. I doubt they’re more dangerous than the guys that speed through on motorbikes.

weird way to say they stole.

look at philadelphia losing wawa because of the shoplifting from groups exactly like this, its not something to emulate

Probably in total blocked less car traffic, than cars parked in bike lanes block bike traffic. Why do police show up to bikes blocking car lanes? But not to cars blocking bike lanes?

you cant steal from corporations.

Theyre not people.

Graduate from college and stop reading from Marxist circles on twitter, you’ll thank me when you realize how embarrassment I saved you

Does 7-11 stock it's franchise, or do they just require the mom-and-pop franchisee to purchase their stocks from corporate? One of those means it's not actually the corporation eating the losses.

All I can say is; YOU WANTED BIKES!