Kids rolling 30-40 deep on their bikes in Perth Amboy, NJ got chased at high speeds by several police cars til a few of them got cornered on a quiet street. One older gives them a talking to and tells them to be safe. And it seems like they'll be let go. They even clap for him.

The female isn't having it though. She's mad and wants to take their bikes. Especially as they begin to protest and ask questions. She tells the older he doesn't understand the situation, that she warned them earlier. They start taking the bikes.

Then they arrest the young man in red. One officer suggests it was b/c he was being disrespectful. He was annoyed his bike was being taken when he lived in another town. But being annoyed is not an arrestable offense, last I checked.

When they get to the station, the female officer is calmer now, and says, "You know that we told you guys to stay on the sidewalk."

Then she says, "You guys know that you're going against traffic." Which they actually were not. They were going with traffic. Were they a little reckless? At times. Did she actually see that? Unclear. But they were largely riding with traffic, taking the lane(s).

She doesn't want to be doing this, she says. It's "Asinine. Like we have so much better stuff to do with our time," says the lady who was part of a multi-unit contingent that *insisted* on arresting the youth in red b/c she found him disrespectful.

Then she says she could be a real asshole and confiscate the other youths' bikes that are not registered. Perth Amboy requires they be registered. But, contrary to her first charge, they also prohibit riding on sidewalks in many places around town so... https://ecode360.com/35010436 

Welcome to Perth Amboy, where you have to provide proof you didn't steal everything in your possession.

She insists it is for their safety and that they need to stay on the correct side of the road. Kudos to Christian Orozco's editing skills here...he drops in a shot of them riding on the correct side of the road.

See the full vid here. The chase begins around the 5:50 mark. The idea that police deploy the option to confiscate unregistered bikes from/arrest kids riding *through* their wee town is wild. Find Christian Orozco's tik tok: @/blazedzero_

And yes, for all those concerned: He's free.