Posted on 05/30/2014 12:32:39 PM PDT by BBell
More than 40 bicycles belonging to Baltimore's Recreation and Parks department for a bike-share program were stolen this week, and the activity has been suspended indefinitely, city officials said.
The bikes, which included children's bikes and adult-size blue beach cruisers, were stolen on Monday during the city's Ride Around the Reservoir program in Druid Hill Park. Recreation and Parks spokeswoman Gwendolyn Chambers said staff had set up the bikes to lend out when a large group of youths began stealing them. One staffer was kicked by a youth, though the injury was not serious, Chambers said.
"We don't want our staff in harm's way so we don't engage in fights with them," Chambers said.
Under the Ride Around program, which began in 2006 and expanded from one day a week to four days a week, people can borrow the bikes and helmets and ride through Druid Hill Park. Similar programs also operate in Carroll Park, Lake Montebello and at City Hall for employees during lunchtime. The program is also part of the city's Camp Baltimore summer camp. All of those programs, which serve about 3,000 people each summer, will be affected by the loss of the bikes, Chambers said.
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You could read this article with every reference of the city removed and everyone would still know it was a democrat city because there is no indication of the racial persuasion of the criminals......
i can’t believe liberals are such idiots as to the scum that would take advantage of the program and steal from it. common sense. they have none.
I just hope they were $650 fancy bikes instead of $59 WalMart specials.
The liberal politician who thought up this program was photographed after being told of the thefts:
“unexpected”
Change the stereotype? And how on earth could I influence it in any way,
Mr. B???? I have no influence on it at all and never could. I could deny it existed, I suppose, but there’s already so many leftists doing that, they don’t need me.
‘Ladies and Gentlemen, the ass-whipping class of 2014..’
Oh, I wasn’t referring to YOU.
I was referring to the folks that say you shouldn’t point out the stereotype.
They need to either own it or change it.
****Schadenfreude!****
This is why we can’t have nice things.
This is somehow poetic.
we’ll all be Indians when this thing is over....
Well well well. Create a permanent underclass that is convinced that it is owed a living for years of oppression, and this is what you get.
This doesn’t happen with responsible, civilized people.
They are getting wantonly brazen, aren't they?
One staffer was kicked by a youth, though the injury was not serious, Chambers said.
"We don't want our staff in harm's way so we don't engage in fights with them," Chambers said.
Which feeds into how brazen they are! You are weakling cowards, and they will not only steal, but kick you for the fun of it!
You're going to get hurt anyway, might as well fight back! And go down in a blaze of glory! Rather than a craven coward with a broken arm or a bullet through the head.
The city is asking for the public's help to recover the bikes, and residents are asked to call 911 if they spot one of them. Officials said the bikes can also be dropped off at any city recreation center or at Recreation and Parks headquarters at 2600 Madison Ave. with no questions asked.
Again, more sign that you are a weakling coward!
FR talks about firearm issues all the time, but it really is more of a courage and propriety issue regardless of weaponry. You can use your fists alone, and scare the scum and get respect, and clean up the city. But the scum know the police and everyone else tell the good citizens "don't ever fight back", and will obey and thus scum do anything they want.
dark palefaces . . . that right there is funny.
The only way to stop this is to do this with cars. I’m just sure that no one would steal those.
The sad part is that someone worked hard to earn the pay that was given to Baltimore as taxes so they could just piss the money away.
The name really means "Steal from hippies, we will not fight back""
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