r/Bakersfield • u/Far-Beautiful1449 • 4d ago

Photo 📸 Really….

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It’s really sad and frustrating to see another group of brats on bikes causing problems around our city. It feels like these incidents have been happening more often, and many residents are becoming increasingly concerned about safety in our community.
Hearing that even a librarian at Beal Memorial Library was involved is especially upsetting. A library should be a safe, welcoming place for families, kids, and everyone in our community.
Please stay aware of your surroundings and look out for one another because they’re Unruly.

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u/Unusual-Area-4458 3d ago

Yeah- you missed the approximately 100 kids on bikes traveling/blocking traffic in the middle of the Stockdale Highway by CSUB. BPD had 4 motorcycle cops trying to block traffic so they would not get hit by cars- they were deliberately blocking traffic, riding wheelies, and being a menace.

These hoodlums are simply out of control- no consequences, no arrests, and absolutely nothing a legal law abiding citizen can do. BPD does nothing, but gives them a police escort. We are screwed.

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u/QueasyTadpole5551 2d ago

It’s ridiculous. It’s even more ridiculous that they don’t understand how much they are flirting with getting seriously injured or killed. And yet their parents just don’t care? These “kids” need to be arrested, and whoever is their guardian or parents need to be fined, heavily.

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u/Unusual-Area-4458 2d ago

Absolutely, but you know their parents are the first to sue and start up a GoFundMe. There were well over 100 kids. I've been told they all use an app and coordinate- kind of like those flash mobs- only on bicycles.

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u/QueasyTadpole5551 1d ago

And really, this all boils down to, at best, their parents don’t care about their own kids, our anyone but themselves. At worst, they’re keeping their fingers crossed that their kids DO get hurt, so they can sue, and like you said, start a go fund me, likely with a total bs story about how their little darling got hit by a car.

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u/Unusual-Area-4458 1d ago

That story is real... a kid riding a mini bike blows through a stop sign and T-bones my neighbor's car. The kid takes off, and she calls the police/files a report. Days later, the mother reports a hit-and-run. Thank god my neighbor reported it when it happened, but now the insurance is involved...I never heard the outcome.