As the warm weather has returned to our humble city, the New York Police Department has embarked on a quest to rid NYC's streets of dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles, which are illegal within the city's limits. And because Mayor Bill de Blasio and police commissioner Bill Bratton apparently have the maturity of nine-year-olds, they've decided the best way to deal with the problem is not simply to confiscate any such vehicles the NYPD finds, but to smash them into teeny, tiny pieces. With a bulldozer. Which is exactly what the NYPD did earlier today. And to add an extra layer of prickishness to this shepherd's pie of dickery, the department broadcast the entire affair live on Facebook, complete with a snotty caption.

Large packs of dirt bikers and ATV riders can often be found tearing ass through New York's streets, performing stunts, blocking traffic, and occasionally scaring the pants off doe-eyed Ohioans fresh off the bus in search of Broadway stardom (or maybe the M&Ms World store). The off-road vehicles' agility and speed makes it difficult for police officers to chase after the vehicles on foot or by patrol car, so in response, the NYPD has taken to chasing the groups down via helicopter. So far, the department has reportedly seized 671 of the vehicles—a 96 percent increase over last year's number. Commissioner Bratton, for what it's worth, is merely making good on the crotchety promise he issued last month. "We intend to take all of these things and just crush them," he said, according to Gothamist. The riders, who the commissioner reportedly referred to as "nitwits" and "clowns," would not "be too happy when we take those damn [bikes] and crush them." Bratton said he was inspired by his work smashing up drag racers' cars during his stint as police commissioner of Los Angeles. "It killed [those drivers] to see their cars out there in the desert," he said. "We'd lift them up with a crane 100 feet off the ground and drop them." Facebook commenters, for the most part, seemed to side against the NYPD's decision to crush the vehicles. "So glad they are focusing all this time, money and effort on destroying taxpayers recreational vehicles instead of taking care of the infestation of crackheads on 8th ave," one commenter wrote.

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