by Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse Blog:
Every night, huge groups of young people are literally taking over streets in large cities all over America. In many cases, major intersections are completely blocked off for stunts and dangerous competitions involving vehicles. These events are called “street takeovers”, and they are often accompanied by theft, violence and other acts of crime. You have probably heard of “street takeovers” happening in big metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles, Seattle, New York and Chicago, but at this point they are even happening in many rural areas. In fact, I just came across an article about how street takeovers have become a major problem in the state of Maine. As you will see below, the scale of these events is often so large that police will just sit back and do nothing to stop them. When they are outnumbered a hundred to one or a thousand to one, the police are often extremely hesitant to try to break things up.
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Some of the biggest “street takeovers” in the nation occur in northern California, and this past weekend was certainly no exception…
Acrid smoke is greeting San Franciscans on their way into work this morning after another terrifying night of sideshows took Oakland and the waterfront.
Police refused to intervene and not a single arrest was made among the thousands who risked their lives as cars tore round their city centers in what has become a routine occurrence.
The police know that these events are going to happen.
But they do nothing to prevent them.
And as they are taking place, the police just watch and make no arrests.
I suppose that is one way to get the crime rate to go down.
Of course lots of crimes are being committed at these events, and in many cases people are being seriously hurt…
Onlookers were sent flying as cars plowed into them at one event in Oakland, and a torched Chevy provided a grisly centerpiece to the Embarcadero spectacle as tire smoke reduced visibility to near zero.
‘We are on our own here,’ tweeted one resident. ‘Why do we pay taxes again?’
I think that is a very good question.
Why should residents pay taxes if the police are not going to protect them?
It is being reported that a Chevy Camaro was actually set on fire, and at one of the street takeovers a motorist “was beaten and hauled out of his car”…
A Chevy Camaro which broke down in front of the of Pier 1 building was set on fire as cheering spectators leapt on top.
Vehicles and spectators melted away as police eventually arrived with reinforcements but by 3am the action had moved to the intersection of Valencia and Cesar Chavez streets in the Mission District where passengers clung to the vehicles as their drivers struggled maintain control.
A motorist was beaten and hauled out of his car which was then stolen when he accidentally drove into an area taken over for a sideshow in Menlo Park in April.
Video showed him apologizing to a fellow spectator, who proceeds to pull a mask over his face and force him out of the car before driving off and pulling ‘donuts’.
Meanwhile, chaos was also erupting on the streets of Los Angeles.
During one street takeover, a mob of approximately 50 young people decided to loot a nearby AutoZone store…
The latest chaotic example of California’s criminal and social justice reforms backfiring erupted in South Los Angeles early Monday morning, where a street takeover resulted in a mob of looters ransacking an AutoZone store.
Local media outlet KTLA reported that the Los Angeles Police Department received multiple calls of a street takeover at the intersection of Century Boulevard and Hoover Street around 0400 local time. Then, minutes later, a mob of 50 people looted a nearby AutoZone. Officials believe other stores in the area were hit as well.
“At least three businesses were hit within a four-mile radius and authorities were working to determine if the crimes were connected,” Fox 11 said.
Video footage which has been shared on social media shows the mob ripping open a metal fence and ruthlessly looting the store.
Sadly, this sort of thing has become a regular feature of these street takeovers.
Of course the criminals in Los Angeles are going to steal stuff whether that is a street takeover going on or not.
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