LAPD Cites Minibike Riders for Open Container Violations at Venice Beach, No Impounds Made

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25 күн бұрын

Venice Beach, CA - On Sunday, May 5, 2024, Los Angeles Police Department officers cited two individuals for violating the open container ordinance while they were taking a break from riding mini bikes at Venice Beach. Around a dozen minibike riders were seen navigating the Venice Beach Boardwalk during the incident.
The citations were issued in accordance with California Business and Professions Code 25620, which classifies having an open alcohol container in a public area as an infraction.
Although minibikes are considered illegal due to their lack of registration and license plates, no citations were issued for the unregistered vehicles, nor were any minibikes impounded during the enforcement.
Local residents and visitors at Venice Beach expressed mixed reactions to the presence of minibikes on the boardwalk. Some found the riders' activities entertaining, while others voiced concerns over safety and compliance with local regulations. The open container enforcement appears to align with broader efforts to promote a safe environment for all beachgoers.
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@user-kn2vh4ul7d 23 күн бұрын

Lil smartass in red flippin the bird had the shittiest mini bike ever.😂

@NickKautz 18 күн бұрын

"We were just drinking in public , we're not bothering anyone..." as he's sitting on a device thats creating explosions multiple times per second and broadcasts them through an unmuffled pipe. They don't even know what it means or why to be considerate of other people. Which is why they don't understand the police, and why they end up disliking them. Hate to say it , but it's about not being smart enough to figure it out.

@sec0ndton0ne408 15 күн бұрын

Those kids are the first to run and leave their friends behind when shit gets real

@BarryWinner2075 23 күн бұрын

If someone drove mini bikes down there back in the 1990's they would confiscate the minibikes and write tickets for operating unlicensed vehicles

@CarsandCats 23 күн бұрын

I got caught riding a dirt bike on the street back in the 80's in California and they made me walk it home THREE MILES while they followed me. And I got a ticket. He said next time they would confiscate the bike. That's how it should be done! I never did it again.

@BarryWinner2075 23 күн бұрын

@@CarsandCats That's for sure, that's what happened to me, we used to have a neighborhood dirt bike and BMX track that was on someone's private land a couple blocks down the street, The police officers couldn't do anything about people riding on the track, but they would hide out and catch people riding to the track. They eventually built houses on half the property and there is a homeless village on the other half where they start fires all the time.

@CarsandCats 23 күн бұрын

@@BarryWinner2075 That's where I was headed! To the motorsports park to ride my dirt bike but I had no way to get it there.

@BarryWinner2075 23 күн бұрын

@@CarsandCats And there was another vacant piece of land that was a few miles away in our town that is about 2 square miles in size. They used to have a giant dirt bike and off road vehicle track park there along with an RC model airplane landing strip. They made it into a no motor vehicle nature preserve about 20 years ago where they have a mountain bike course and hiking trails, Now they have grass fires there every year, which never hardly happened before because the off road vehicle roads would act as fire breaks and the fire trucks could drive out there easily. Now the grass is 6 feet high.

@sz6738 9 күн бұрын

I got a ticket for riding a mini bike on a dirt road, a ticket for no helmet on a bicycle also a ticket for giving someone a pump “a ride on the pegs or handlebars” these kids get away with every fuqing thing.

@rictech. 23 күн бұрын

This is what happens when there is affirmation action. These officers should have immediately called for more backup? Round up all these anarchists on these illegal scooters and arrest everyone of them. They are all thugs. Shame you on you LAPD.

@CarsandCats 23 күн бұрын

German in Venice is puzzled why the tourists from Europe no longer visit and he had to close up his shop. WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES GIV! Do you really think we want to deal with this crap when we're visiting with our families?

@Alboalt 23 күн бұрын

I stopped riding minibikes when I was 12.

@sydfreed9818 23 күн бұрын

Mini bikes are for kids but now days grown up act worse than kids. The world is doomed.

@peterlona7835 18 күн бұрын

No age limit for mini bikes.

@YourDaddyismydaddy 15 күн бұрын

@@peterlona7835 just like no age limit for big bird, but I'm pretty sure people stop watching when they grew up 😂

@CarsandCats 23 күн бұрын

But I guess it's okay to ride a dirt bike down the street! No tag, no license, NO PROBLEM! - Gavin Newsom for President 2028

@JasonBrown-iw7cf 22 күн бұрын

😂😂 your MOTHER RIDE IT GOOD😂😂

@badhombre3730 16 күн бұрын

??? Sounds like freedom to me!!!

@RN4LIFER 12 күн бұрын

Homeless don’t get treated that way 😂

@truthiscensored 23 күн бұрын

Riding a Motorcycle, Motorbike, Motor Scooter anything on 2 wheels under the influence is very dangerous. You need total awareness to keep your balance and watch for cars and bumps and pot holes in the roads I had a friend delete himself riding a motorcycle drunk Most drunk drivers in cars hurt others besides themselves. Drunk Drivers on Two Wheels usually hurt/injure themselves

@DadeMurphie 23 күн бұрын

So they get drunk before driving their uninsured, unregistered motor vehicles? Let me guess no driver licenses either.

@karloalberti 12 күн бұрын

not even High school.... Not your best youth investment for this country.

@archangelvvv 23 күн бұрын

IMMATURE SIMPLETONS

@MichaelSmiff1969 23 күн бұрын

Protected class

@kayakuprising5914 23 күн бұрын

Take your little bikes and go drink somewhere else.

@jamesbills5998 23 күн бұрын

These are not legal at all.

@sunsensational 23 күн бұрын

How about tickets for gas powered mini bikes on strand

@iMotoTactic00L 22 күн бұрын

I saw a white honda grom probably only one is street legal. The rest is junk.

@shayan4040 13 күн бұрын

Huh? They’ll tow and inpound an e-bike but let they guys go ? Must be nice, knowing laws are not applied equally.

@fluffles9591 22 күн бұрын

Did they cite lazy Daisy

@user-ym3dl2cp6h 22 күн бұрын

Arrest / deport

@margaritamanriquez6861 17 күн бұрын

GET OUT

@dudewheresmycar908 23 күн бұрын

Where do they even get those I haven't seen them since the 70's they were in the Sears catalog 🤣

@earlgarcia9824 22 күн бұрын

Absolute Jerks ,lock em up .

@MegaDouglas43 21 күн бұрын

They sound so tuffffffff in their lawn mowers 😂😂😂😂

@timlabell 22 күн бұрын

The children on the mini bikes are out of control.

@Truckngirl 18 күн бұрын

It's a low budget Harley for the ghetto pocketbook.

@RANDOM-zc2bs 22 күн бұрын

These f****** bikes are so loud even through the tv😂

@whatyouseenow411 16 күн бұрын

I recently ordered my 8 y/o one for his birthday off Amazon and can't keep a chain on it! At first i thought it was from the motor hopping so much, so i had a thicker plate welded. That DEFINETLY seem to help, but I'm thinking of upgrading to a larger chain"420"? What do you guys run?

@Dos-dh9ul 13 күн бұрын

30 and 40 year Olds still on these things ...."your 40 years of age mate "...your foe tee 😅😂

@albertramirez797 18 күн бұрын

They're not illegal if they're under 50 cc's

@bartwilloughby2909 15 күн бұрын

I Recently asked a LA female cop 👮‍♀️ about these guys and she told me they Don’t exist .

@rodger2499 10 күн бұрын

What a bunch of losers.

@RLN1972 22 күн бұрын

buncha grown ass punks riding kid bikes

@sz6738 9 күн бұрын

When I was in high school or younger I had one of these and got a ticket for riding on a dirt road. Sad how careless the system has become. But when someone gets killed or hurt on one and they sue the city it’s the people paying for it so honestly why would care.

@SpinDaaBen 11 күн бұрын

The guys in the background “Yo bro let’s go to the beach and post up” 😂 might as well be some females

@TraitofSiNN727 23 күн бұрын

well least they're not wearing "Sons of Anarchy" and thinking they are mad bikers.

@AarenIgnazio77 23 күн бұрын

Wish they would crack down on these mini-bikes. They pass a law banning gas powered cars by 2028? And Leaf blowers. But they guys cans go hog wild. Lame.

@___Bebo___ 23 күн бұрын

Leaf Blowers have been banned since like 1991, no one cares about that law, lmfao.

@thelonercoder5816 23 күн бұрын

Settle down Daren. Let young people have some fun for once lol

@DadeMurphie 23 күн бұрын

@@thelonercoder5816 getting drunk and taking over the streets with uninsured, unregistered, uncertified motor vehicles is not innocent fun.

@thelonercoder5816 23 күн бұрын

@@DadeMurphie Sounds like something young people do. We all did crazy stuff like that in our teens and 20s.

@DadeMurphie 23 күн бұрын

@@thelonercoder5816 no this is far more lawless. I would have been arrested and lost my bike if I tried that shit growing up. We did our dirt bike /drinking shenanigans on private property.

@fritzlanguish456 17 күн бұрын

Good to see Raj and Rerun are doing well enough to ride around on clown bikes. Thats right, Raj, Ef da man.

@BarryWinner2075 23 күн бұрын

They aren't really endearing themselves to the police officers and general public with the revving and the burnouts.

@DadeMurphie 23 күн бұрын

Everything they do is anti-social. Low status losers desperate for attention. Negative attention will suffice.

@Craiglife777 10 күн бұрын

Poster children for why we can't have nice things anymore......

@alcom3101 19 күн бұрын

Tomahawk tuning Mopped GOD L.A

@wheelmanny 23 күн бұрын

Mini bikes are so cool. I can remember riding these things when I was about 12 and 13 years old. We had the greatest times.

@DadeMurphie 23 күн бұрын

Much like how Power Wheels are cool when you are 3 years old.

@wheelmanny 23 күн бұрын

@@DadeMurphie Exactly!

@x_Dude1 23 күн бұрын

Kinda funny those little lawnmower bikes, can appreciate that part. (and females in uniform;)

@SummerlinRealtor 8 күн бұрын

Totally illegal for several reasons: it’s considered a motor vehicle under CA law, not registered, the one idiot burning rubber is committing exhibition of speed in front of the officers which is a misdemeanor in their presence. I guess the LAPD doesn’t care at this point since LA is a lost cause! Glad I left when I did. Total anarchy in LA!

@abriamg 11 күн бұрын

They are annoying

@michaelbondick575 23 күн бұрын

Can’t drink alcohol and then drive a motorized vehicle.

@DadeMurphie 23 күн бұрын

It's amazing out of all the crimes being committed there that open container was the only ticket written. All those bikes should have been impounded.

@funkymonkey8174 21 күн бұрын

The law doesn't say that at all. The law says that you can't drive while you're impaired. You're not allowed to drink and drive at the same time and you're not allowed to drink too much and then drive

@DadeMurphie 21 күн бұрын

@@funkymonkey8174 suspect of possible dui, driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle. Very possible no license. Open container seems to be their only concern. I suppose the beach cops have a list of priorities that affect the beach scene and don't stray far outside of it.

@funkymonkey8174 20 күн бұрын

@@DadeMurphie I don't disagree but that's not what the commoner said.

@davidcrawford5711 7 күн бұрын

Anarchy in Los Angeles ,,!

@MANDO562. 9 күн бұрын

If I’m walking on the beach and get taken out by a fucking mini bike I’m going after the city this shit should be illegal 😅

@7r0j4n 15 күн бұрын

its legal to ride minibikes drunk in Venice beach? cool

@Outtatime247 18 күн бұрын

The leader with the gold bike acting zesty

@sec0ndton0ne408 15 күн бұрын

He got humbled real quick tryna act hard in front of his lil soldiers 😂

@franktorres633 13 күн бұрын

Closed the border NOW.......

@Reach41 13 күн бұрын

Wouldn't have bothered them if they had been homeless.

@0524cami 12 күн бұрын

Cite them all for being a nuisance

@davidcrawford5711 7 күн бұрын

Confiscate the bikes , Give out tickets ,!

@rughype 15 күн бұрын

Could have been a dui

@Jimarceo 17 күн бұрын

You’re on an Illegal bike and drinking in public. Nobody low key anymore

@tappedout300xc 15 күн бұрын

Dang, you can tell the economy is bad when biker gangs start riding mini bikes, to cut down costs.

@josesalinas8315 9 күн бұрын

Such annoying ass bikes

@rzel107 20 күн бұрын

Everyone notice how filthy venice is? In the entire video, the only employed people that I saw were the cops. Very few tourists anymore.

@MrJesu84 16 күн бұрын

Lil tough guys 😂

@tylershrader962 21 күн бұрын

Is this was grown ass men are doing in LA these days? I thought the electric scooters were pathetic enough. So week. Take your toys back to the sand box Men. ???