Stolen Bikes/Peds In That London

[Ste]

"Jeremy Corbyn’s armed protection officers pull their GUNS on teenage moped thieves who ‘robbed an elderly woman’ yards from a restaurant where the Labour leader was eating"

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4553654/Jeremy-Corbyn-s-protection-officers-pull-GUNS-thieves.html

[Rogerborg]

I hope he condemns the fascist pigs' unnecessary use of force again the disadvantaged proletariat. Probably racialists too.

Lulzy, but Dindu will doubtless get another boys-will-be-boys 5 minute community payback order. Should have done us a favour and slotted him.
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[gorillaonabik...]

The Met police have to be the worst in the world when it comes to motorcycle crime. I had three bikes nicked in London and the Met is worse than useless.

On the last occasion I went into the police station to report a nicked bike, popo investigated me for nicking my own bike to claim the insurance. I pointed out it would be a bit pointless as there was no insurance on my SORN'd, busted up bike but they insisted on investigating, anyway.

They were even more useless when I called them to report a motorcycle crime in progress. It wasn't so much the wheelying (which I'd never normally report), rather it was the fact they were doing it up and down the bit of pavement I was trying to walk on without helmets, registration plates, had a busted ignition (looked nicked), open pipe and there were three of them on the bike. As much as I admired the back wheel control, I asked if the police could do something about it as did the other pedestrians dodging death.

They told me to go into the police station to report it. I was a half-hour walk from the nearest one.

The only way to have an even half-decent bike in Wandsworth is BikeTrac. And the Met police is an absolute joke.
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[Rogerborg]

https://beta.met.police.uk/feedback/thanks-and-complaints/make-a-complaint/
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[Motorhate]

[natefz6]

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/dramatic-moment-londoners-confront-hammerwielding-thugs-during-brazen-moped-theft-attempt-a3555241.html

Another day another dolla... or another hour another robbed bike
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[M.C]

That's the only thing that might stop them, if they think people will intervene.

[barrkel]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3712599/bloody-riot-with-bats-and-knives-kicks-off-after-posse-of-delivery-drivers-track-down-bike-thieves/

Deliveroo / Uber riders strike back.

I saw a bunch of delivery riders on a chase recently just as I started my commute home from St John St / Clerkenwell Road. If the Met don't step up, "self-policing" will continue to fill the void.
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[Rogerborg]

About bloody time too.

Poor show on letting themselves get caught in a conversation with the Dindu and giving it enough time to summon the rest of its pack. I trust they won't make the same mistake again.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[Suntan Sid]

What Rog' said.

[Rogerborg]

They're now acid-jacking scootays. Two within 70 minutes, with some permanent disfigurement robberies in the middle just to liven up their night.

Explain to me again why Metplod have a no-pursuit policy so as not to endanger people.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[P.]

[arry]

Fat Shit DA on top form as usual with her tweet.

[DRZ4Hunned]

I admire how they deal with them in Scouse Land, just throw rock/ bricks at them until they crash into a car and lose several limbs

There was a nasty video of it on Instagram that looked more worthy of Liveleak.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/scrambler-bike-rider-been-ambushed-13325310
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[Rogerborg]

[P.]

[Polarbear]

[arry]

[Ste]

As much as I dislike Diana Abbott, she does have a point with why would you spray someone in the face with acid just to steal a moped. Such actions are very disproportion to what the thieves stand to gain as a stolen ped can't be worth more than a few hundred. She's as clumsy with her words as she is with her numbers but the gist of her point still stands.

The market for stolen peds must be saturated, there must be some type of limit to how many of them they can sell or use? A select few of the moped will be used for robbing jewelry shops which they manage to do without spraying people in the face with acid.

That BBC article only says one of the victims was a moped rider so I presume that the other four were pedestrians.

[stevo as b4]

I thought all mopeds were stolen in that London to use in crime though? I mean ok they'll be a few nicked for joy riding lols, but like you say second hand scratched up and plasticity scooters arnt worth much in a saturated market.

[Petemate]

Gone too far now, bloody disgusting. They need neutralising. Any of them who suffer crashing while being chased - tough sh1t. Don't take something that is not yours. Simples.
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[TbirdX]

Charged with GBH....it should be a section 18 and that carries a maximum sentence of Life. That's what this scum should get. (what he should get is his face burned off with white phosphorus but that's another argument)

Somehow I doubt it though and even if he did, Life in reality means an average of 14 years.
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[Jmoan]

[M.C]

There was a piece on the local (BBC) news tonight about how to protect yourself during an acid attack London has fallen, time to GTFO.

[Rogerborg]

Seems that delivery riders are now refusing to go into some boroughs after hours.

But don't say we have no-go areas because that's upsetting to people who don't want to hear that we have no-go areas.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike