Video summary
The video features an American reactor watching and commenting on intense police chases involving e-bikes and e-scooters in the United Kingdom, specifically within Cambridgeshire and Northampton. The reactor expresses a mix of entertainment and concern while observing the footage, noting that he is not glorifying criminal behavior but rather learning how to avoid breaking the law himself. He reacts with shock to the high-speed pursuits, the deployment of airbags after severe collisions, and the physical injuries sustained by suspects who are tackled or run over by police motorcycles. Throughout the clips, he questions the tactics used by officers, such as head-on collisions versus T-bone maneuvers, and comments on the dangerous nature of these vehicles when ridden recklessly in populated areas with children present.
A significant portion of the video focuses on a specific incident where a suspect attempting to flee on an e-bike is eventually tackled by a civilian Deliveroo driver before being arrested by police. The reactor finds humor and disbelief in the situation, particularly noting the suspect's age, his expensive but potentially fake clothing like a Louis Vuitton jacket, and the fact that he was recording his own arrest with a phone. The footage includes audio from the police body camera where officers read rights to the suspect, who is accused of conspiracy to commit robbery and pointing a bladed article. The reactor also highlights the absurdity of the situation, joking about the suspect being "too old for this game" and suggesting he should have started a family instead of engaging in street crime.
The video concludes with an official police statement explaining "Operation Journey," a massive crackdown on the unlawful use of e-bikes and scooters in Northampton town center. Police explain that these vehicles are often modified to excessive speeds, used for wheelies, and linked to serious criminal activities such as drug dealing and violent offenses. They mention seizing over 140 vehicles and using fixed-wing aircraft to target offenders. However, the reactor pushes back against this narrative, arguing that the rules seem overly broad and unfairly target law-abiding citizens who are simply trying to make a living or follow traffic laws. He questions why officers automatically stop anyone on an e-bike without checking for safety equipment or rule compliance, expressing frustration that innocent people are caught in the crossfire of these aggressive operations while criminals continue their activities.
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Chicago to the UK. Right behind me, you
see it. Warning.
You see it, man. Take it how you see it,
man. This is just me learning about
police and how they encounter
criminals trying to flee, and that's it.
I'm not here to glorify. I'm not here to
do anything. I'm just watching
for entertainment purposes
and
for learning
how to not disobey the law.
That's all. Uh
Don't forget to leave a like and
comment.
Remember, if y'all see any of these
police pursuits,
send them to me so I can
put them in my watch later. So, when it
becomes enough, we can watch them.
Okay? Thank you.
I know half y'all skipped over this
part, but whatever.
Of course, this is in Cambridgeshire.
Everything is blurred out. Godly.
Woah.
Wait, was that the driver? Oh, yeah.
Right-hand side driver. Okay.
That's a nice car. Somebody tell me what
kind of car this is. Make, model, year.
I know y'all know it.
2 minutes earlier.
Look at the road.
I can't even see his car. Oh, it's an
Audi.
Okay.
Everybody think they Dom from Fast and
Furious. Like,
bro, relax.
You are You don't have license. Like,
it's okay. Just pull over. They're just
going to tow the car.
You're going to have a fine, and that's
it.
Why do this, bro? Daylight, cuz?
And then randomly loses control. There's
kids over here.
I see small children everywhere. What
day of the week is May 24th?
Two days before my birthday you do You
out here doing this.
Get out, run slow. It's crazy.
Why he running to the chicken shop?
Officer,
officer, catch your breath.
There's going to be somebody I don't
think y'all realize that there's
somebody like me on the other end of
these videos
reacting to it. And I'm as fully
entertained
while also stressing the fact
that never run from the police.
And at the same time, this commentary is
not going to stop.
Just catch your breath. You know what
I'm saying? Catch it.
>> [sighs and gasps]
>> In through your mouth Oh, wait. Wait. In
through your nose, out through your
mouth. You get the right amount of
carbon dioxide, and you expose the right
amount of nitrogen.
It's science.
Cambridge police again.
Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey, man.
We don't need no music. Hey.
Wait, they Wait, they hit him so hard?
How hard do you have to hit something
for your airbags to deploy?
I'm curious, honestly.
All right, I'm going to take a chance
and not mute it
cuz the music
>> [music]
[music]
>> This is somebody's private land? All of
this that he's
God damn.
>> [music]
>> If I could own something like this, man,
what?
Oh!
Oh, so to stop him, y'all hit him
head-on?
Is that what we doing?
Honestly, I can't sit here Like Okay,
let me know what y'all think, bro. Like
head-on collision, minimal It's a It's
minimal risk right now, I would say.
I think y'all could have saved the
police car. Like, I don't think y'all
had to do this. Y'all could have
got him in the open road and did like a
T-pack maneuver. Now, that cop car is
damn near totaled.
The frame has to be bent.
>> On the floor.
On the floor.
>> Do you have to pull me over the seat?
Can't you just open the other door and
just
peacefully take us out? You know what
I'm saying?
Cuz drawers not even white no more. This
is what I'm saying. Look how they got
bro leg bent up here in that crack.
I know his hamstring is screaming and
his ankle knuckle. No, his ankle knuckle
right here.
Jesus Christ.
Look how he got him hemmed up like this.
God damn.
I know that's how I Hey, a mean dude I
put down a mean demonstration when I'm
pulling that chicken leg. You know how
the whole chicken come? Like the chicken
wing come, not the cutlet, the wing. And
it come and it's bent up like that and
you bend it down and to break it down
and get busy.
That's how they got him folded up. This
is insane.
I know he not used to bending like this.
This is abnormal.
I wasn't driving. Oh, yes I was.
Yeah, it get cold out here, boy.
All right, this is Metropolitan Police.
When is this?
Oh, this is recent.
August
28th, 2026. Okay, bet. Bet.
Okay, let's do it. Let me get on the
other side.
Let's do it.
Police body cam.
Motorbike cam, motorbike cop vs. E-bike.
Oh, nice man.
Yeah, buddy.
I'mma to out on a limb and say you're
not getting away.
At all. Wherever you can go, this bike
can go.
Cop don't look scared at all.
Jesus.
I will say 100% I'm muting it for y'all
so y'all don't hear it but I hear it but
this sound No, y'all got to hear this
with me. [ __ ] that. Forget that. Excuse
my language.
Yeah.
There you go, headphone users.
Just down a random gangway.
There's no Okay.
Mute.
I don't think there's any possibility of
this guy getting away. Oh, there's two
people on this bike.
Is it two people?
Or is that one large human being?
This is hella shaky. Is he going to turn
right or what? Let me see.
No, that's one person. Oh, he went down
the stairs.
Oh, yeah, this bike is maneuvering
low-key, boy.
Yeah, all we're going to hear is this.
This cop's not going to talk I'm not
going to witness I'm not going to
Okay, that Okay.
The bike turning radius is a little bit
better.
Obviously.
What can you What are you possibly
running away from though? Like what's
the worst that could happen right now?
Oh, he's a knife man. Okay.
Okay, well, going to jail for an article
for a bladed article. That'll do it.
What is that? Three to seven?
Yeah, that'll do it, buddy.
I ain't saying I ain't promoting you
running, but ain't nothing much you else
you could do.
Oh, it's two people. Yeah.
Is it?
It's two people.
Two people on there
and getting away smooth. Still driving
smoothly, no hiccups, no nothing.
Got him.
Hit the gas.
>> [snorts]
>> I ain't going to lie, cuz whoever
driving that e-bike e-bike is a demon.
He stretching them police officers. He
giving them all they can handle right
now. Pause.
Jesus.
The best thing the e-bike can do
cuz I did this in GTA. I ran from the
police on a e-bike in GTA V because VI
ain't out yet. So, in GTA V, just keep
hitting a bunch of corners
and hopefully, you know, you get um
at least in GTA V, the video game, you
get the cop to fall off the bike and
that will reduce one of your stars in
the corner.
You'll go from most wanted to like
down to three stars.
Oh, he didn't hiccup.
Yeah, this is the best bet. Go the
opposite way.
Yeah, you Yeah, it's over, buddy.
You're done.
Wait, what happened? Oh, he got him?
Oh my god, a law-abiding citizen hot
off?
Was that a law-abiding citizen that
helped?
Wow.
Can you imagine being tackled by a law
Let me go back.
Okay, let's start from the top.
Hits him with the bike with the
motorcycle.
You should have
You really should have focused on
hopping that fence.
You had time, you panicked.
Went back, Deliveroo tried to grab you,
then an old law-abiding citizen tackled
you.
>> One at a time, one at a time.
Thank you so much, sir.
>> No worries.
>> Oh, you are absolute legend.
>> Oh my god, if I'm the criminal and I'm
hearing this banter
They're laughing, giggling.
Legend. That would piss me off.
You got nailed by this legendary
law-abiding citizen.
Did they finish the pursuit? Oh, yeah,
he's cooked.
>> One at a time, just going to put him in
cuffs.
All right, mate, you're under arrest.
For conspiracy to commit
>> Look at the the Deliveroo driver out
here, too.
>> All right. You do not have to say
anything, mate. However, if you do say
anything, it may be used in evidence
against you.
>> It'd be bogus if they checked his
credentials.
>> Cool. Anything you do say may be given
in evidence. Okay?
>> Bro is out here on with Louis Louis
Vuitton.
>> All right. Have you got any injuries
I need to be aware of?
>> Yes.
>> Yeah?
Have you got any knives on you or
anything?
All right, just going to do that to you
briefly.
>> All right, I have to disclose your name
to complain on
>> You're much older than I anticipated.
You're too old FOR THIS GAME.
>> CALLED YOU OLD, GUH.
WELL, GET YOUR old ass.
Well, go get life insurance with your
old ass. What you doing out here, cuz?
What are you doing?
Boy, this is a young man's game. That's
why you couldn't hop that fence. You got
arthritis in your elbows. And and don't
forget, let's let's go back.
Here Was it Is it right here?
>> to commit robbery. You do not have to
say anything. Make no mention.
>> [laughter]
>> Look how ashy these knuckles are.
Come on, bro. You don't even use lotion.
Man, come on, cuz.
Knew you was too old, boy. Oh my god.
>> If you don't make sure you answer the
questions or
>> You got to use Vaseline, the Vaseline
lotion, cuz.
Talk to him again.
>> on you or anything.
>> Tell him one more time, officer.
>> [laughter]
>> All right, you can do that for your
briefing.
>> I have tried to talk to you and I have
complained on the
>> You're not allowed to speak. You're too
old for this game.
>> He pulled off that mask and was shocked.
Boy, get your old face someone. Why are
you out here doing this?
>> Paul, thank you.
>> You're okay now.
>> I I think it's brilliant.
Okay, do you mind waiting 1 second just
in case his mate comes back? I've got
the world coming to me. I've been
chasing for like 20 minutes.
>> So, you you're asking a citizen to stand
by?
>> So, you are allowed to speak.
>> You are amazing, sir.
>> And help?
>> You what?
>> Yeah, yeah.
>> What are we going to do then? I'll see
you later.
>> Oh god, I I
I I would not turn off my delivery app
for this.
I would continue to do my job cuz this
is something I'm not getting paid for.
>> All right.
All right. He's checking you're all
right, yeah?
All right.
>> His ego is hurt.
>> If you need me to do first aid or
anything, do let me know. It could be
quite painful to have a start to put on
your dressing and stuff, yeah?
Your leg hurts, does it?
Happens when you're run in front of a
bike.
>> Okay.
Shut up.
>> I'll call a receipt there if you've got
someone else with you and you have to
take my
>> Keep in mind, this is a Whose bike is
this? Grown man.
Grown man
with two pair of pants on.
>> Okay.
Shut up.
>> I'll call a receipt there if you've got
someone else with you and you have to
>> No, let's go back cuz we want to look at
it. Look at this. He got on three four
pair of pants and a Louis Vuitton jacket
on
with a shiesty. Like, go home, cuz. Go
start a family.
Go start a family. Get an email that's
age appropriate. Go on LinkedIn, upload
your application. Get a job. This street
[ __ ] is over, cuz. It's done.
It's done.
>> Your leg hurts, does it?
>> Now you need some aspirin. Like, come
on, man.
>> Happens when you run in front of a bike.
>> Okay.
Shut up.
>> I'll call a receipt there if you've got
someone else with you and you have to
take my local channel orders and wait
for someone.
>> Someone's just pulling up now. Thank
you.
>> Wait for
>> That's 4836.
So, I can't get an answer. Yeah, okay.
>> Hello, mate. Thanks for that. Yeah.
Thank you very much. Yeah. Um oh, I've
got people here now. Thank you again,
control.
>> All right.
>> Yeah, yeah. Um
So,
>> able to go home, tell his wife
Is that his pinky? No, no, man. He ain't
got no way.
>> Gentleman's kicked him off the bike cuz
he was going, which is brilliant.
They've then lost control.
>> Yeah.
>> Um That is absolute legend. Um
I tapped him with my bike cuz he's
running in front of it to try and get
away. Um he's got up running around and
then we he's come he's back he's gone
back on us and he's been tripped up
again.
>> Nice.
>> So, not concerned of any injuries
whatsoever. I've not searched him or
anything yet.
>> want an ambulance?
>> Do you want an ambulance?
>> This man kicked him off his e-scooter.
E-bike.
>> Oh.
>> I'll find out.
>> No, he's fine. He's shaking his head.
He's fine.
>> Cool.
>> Some helmets, mine and gloves. He was
wearing that. He's recording it as well.
I don't know if he's got his phone on
him or he's dropped it. It could be
here.
>> He's recording his demise is insane.
I would love to see that uploaded or I
would love to see that video somewhere.
>> Yep. Have you got anything on you that I
need to be aware of?
Yeah, can you take that for me? Yeah.
What you got there? Don't Don't go for
your pocket. What's there?
>> The Jordans is definitely fake.
This Louis Vuitton jacket possibly
probably is fake.
They have the matching side thing, too.
>> Sorry. Run that way.
>> The Louis jacket might be real low-key.
I don't I'm not familiar.
>> I asked him if he's got anything on him
and he's tapped here.
Uh conspiracy to commit robbery.
Is that a knife?
Is that a knife? Got that.
>> I feel like doing crime in a Louis is
stupid because this is not something
you're going to want to throw away
after.
>> There. There. You got it.
Yeah, got it.
Mate, don't move or I'll get out. I'll
get it.
>> Is it Is it a flick knife?
>> So, you're
arrested for pointing a bladed article
at him. You did not say anything by way
of a defense.
>> I'm surprised I'm upset they're not
showing us how much time he going to
get. Is he's cooked.
It's over. Oh, it's a Oh, it's like a
It's over here. You Y'all can't see it,
but it's like a
like a little switchblade.
Like the ones you push up for work.
That's what it look like.
He might could get off with that like I
was at work.
Uh
it's nothing crazy.
Okay, maybe this could give me a little
more
in-depth
like
uh
maybe this could just clarify what's
going on with the e-scooters and e-bikes
for me.
>> Throughout January and February, we had
a a number of community complaints in
relation to e-scooters
and e-bikes being ridden dangerously
through Northampton town center and then
links to criminality, so drug dealing,
some organized crime, and some violent
offenses. Uh
so, in response to that, throughout the
course of March, we implemented
Operation Journey specifically targeting
the unlawful use of e-bikes and scooters
in the town center.
>> Unlawful use. Now, what constitutes the
unlawful use?
Like, can you just stop anybody cuz the
UK tends to just make rules where they
can stop anybody to
double-check stuff.
>> Uh
we seized about 140 uh bikes and
scooters during the course of this
operation.
Um it was led by our safer roads team
involving officers from our neighborhood
policing and our roads policing teams.
And we made use of our fixed-wing
aircraft from the National Police Air
Service throughout the course of the
operation so we could specifically
target these offenders
>> Seems expensive.
This Operation Journey seems expensive.
>> they rode through town.
>> Okay, they're going on a diagonal
towards the entrance gate.
Stand by, here they come.
>> The scale of this operation was huge and
to seize that volume of vehicles over
the course of the operation, the number
of arrests that we made, the weapons
that we seized, the drugs that we seized
uh was on a scale that we've never seen
and it it
>> Would y'all call them vehicles? I
wouldn't call them vehicles. I would
call them enhanced
bicycles.
>> took a
a lot of time and resources to put that
together. The scale of the issue that we
were seeing in the seeing in the town,
we needed to bring a whole host of
resources together to drive really take
the fight to the criminals that we using
these vehicles. People feel very very
strongly about their use. So, people
might have them bought for them and not
realize they're necessarily legal. But,
the the real issue we see is around the
links to criminality. So, we see
antisocial behavior, people riding them
on the road, on the footpath in an
antisocial manner.
>> Then on the road Wait, on the road on
the
So, where where am I supposed to ride it
then?
>> Additionally, we experience in
Northampton town center massive amounts
of drug dealing from these e-bikes and
scooters. And then on top of that, we've
seen a number of serious violence
offenses as where people have hopped off
these bikes and scooters and you know,
uh seriously injured or presented
weapons to other people. So, this
operation, although initially it was
targeting the antisocial use and the
traffic offenses,
off the back of that, we've recovered
significant quantities of drugs, made a
number
>> it. I get all of this. Okay, I
understand it. But, what about the
people who have legally obtained these
and followed the rules?
Like is there a way for them to show
that, "Hey, I'm just
chilling." Because a lot of the videos
that I seen, they're targeting Deliveroo
drivers and and and
You know what I'm saying? People just
trying to make a living. Like this makes
more sense than a lot of the other
videos that I've been seeing.
But, see those rules are so stretched
out. Like they just be bothering people
some at some point.
Like I shouldn't have a order in my
little blue backpack. And y'all coming
up to me talking about some let me check
X, Y, and Z. Like, "Boy, I'm right I'm
following the rules of the road."
What's the reason? How are you even
>> number of arrests and seized a number of
weapons. The main issue that we're
seeing is in addition to being their
general use is illegal, they're modified
to go at some excessive speeds that just
wouldn't be safe in any circumstances
being used on our roads or footpaths.
So, we see issues with members of the
public having to jump out of the way, uh
people using them to do wheelies along
our roads through the town center.
>> But I do wheelies on a regular bicycle,
too.
>> And then, when officers request people
to stop, in addition to them being used
illegally,
more often than not, we see fail to stop
as a result of this. So, we have to use
some additional tactics. The message I
want to send to the public, if they
continue reporting these instances
through to us, continue sharing the
intelligence with us around the use of
these e-bikes and scooters in the town
center, we'll respond. And if we have to
set set up further operations like this
in Northampton or county-wide, we'll do
so. We need your town center
>> of get it if there's like an
influx of people complaining, but at
that point, you got to do something. But
like, damn.
>> This is to be safe places where you can
walk, where you can take your children,
where business can businesses can
thrive.
With these scooters and e-bikes going
along our pedestrianized areas, going
along our footpaths, doing wheelies on
our road, that isn't going to happen.
So, please continue reporting through to
us.
>> Okay. Well, my only question, I guess,
would be what about the people who are
following the rules of the road, who are
driving safely, helmet,
you know, have no reason to be pulled
over and stopped?
Like, I'm If you see a e-bike, do you
automatically, no matter what e-bike it
is, no matter who's on it, no matter
what's being done, you just pull them
over?
Like, that's the part that's not fair.
Like, cuz if I'm following If you ain't
see me pop a wheelie, if you not see me
going excessively fast, if you see me
stopping at the stop signs, going on
green, slowing down on yellow, following
the rules of the world, then leave me
alone. And that's the I don't think
that's being done, personally.
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