A Long Beach police officer ended up in a tense confrontation this weekend with a group of minibikers who took over a local street, illustrating the difficulties authorities say they face tamping down on the problem.
The social media video, which has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times, shows a Long Beach Police Department officer kneeling on the back of a handcuffed rider as onlookers yell, “let him go.”
Other riders on dirtbikes and small gas-powered bikes block the street, circle nearby and occasionally lob half-empty cans and water bottles at the officer, who appears to point a taser at people in the crowd…