Originally Posted by
cooker
This seems to have been some kind of social media fad where people were challenged to instagram themselves throwing e-scooters off a bridge.
We had this moronic case in Toronto where a women rented an AirBnB condo and filmed herself throwing a chair off the balcony, landing on the sidewalk outside the building; turns out she was a minor insta-celeb and during a later perp walk outside the police station she was smiling and waving to the news cameras like she was Kylie Jenner or whomever.
I contend that unattended bicycles and scooters are viewed by some like shopping carts. Much like graffiti there is a subset of society that see these things as prime targets with minimal risk for their own use. It happened in China and several other US cities and is still happening.
Petty crime is is being overlooked in places like Portland, my niece and her families live there. If you think about it unattended bikes and scooters are prime targets of opportunity for people looking for that kind of activity.