VIDEO: L.A. Cops Throw Down on Street Takeovers, Arrest 69, Impound 200 Cars
One hundred fifty officers at 2 a.m. Sixty-nine arrests. Two hundred cars. The youngest spectator was 11.
Summary
- Breitbart reports LAPD deployed more than 150 officers around 2 a.m. Saturday to a Harbor Gateway meetup of about 700 people at South Figueroa Street and West Alondra Boulevard, making 69 arrests, issuing 570 citations, and impounding more than 200 vehicles. Seven firearms were found.
- Chief Jim McDonnell said drones helped predict four takeovers that merged. The Street Racing Task Force arrived with buses and tow trucks. One impounded vehicle caught fire.
- McDonnell said 66 people were arrested for participating in or aiding a street race or takeover, plus one assault on an officer, one battery, and one obstruction. Of 570 citations, 442 were for being a spectator at a speed contest and 128 were for juveniles past the city's 10 p.m. minor curfew. The youngest was 11.
- McDonnell said this is not harmless fun, that children are in an active crime scene, and that Saturday was only the beginning.
Commentary
A Harbor Gateway night nurse still smells burnt rubber and watches an intersection that should not be a stadium at 2 a.m. She did not work a double so an 11-year-old could stand inside a spin-out.
One hundred fifty. Sixty-nine. Two hundred. Eleven. Years. Old. The honest dad already paid the curb. The takeover paid the fire.
Ask every working mother who still checks a porch light: if an 11-year-old can stand in the circle, who still wants the next sideshow left uncounted?
Comments
150 officers. 2 a.m. 69 arrests. 200-plus cars. Seven guns. Hold that stack.
I stood a street so a kid would stay on a porch. A spectator ticket is a start.
66 race arrests. 442 spectator cites. 128 curfew. Youngest 11. Publish the four.
Allied cities still treat a 2 a.m. takeover as a crime scene. A fire in a tow lot is a bill.
Figueroa and Alondra. Four predicted sites. McDonnell: only the beginning. File the three.
I still clock a plant at 4 a.m. I want the next circle broken before my street becomes a track.
An 11-year-old should not be a spectator at a felony. Keep the buses. Keep the tows.
A 700-person takeover is a second border around the block. The first drone ping should have been enough.
Breitbart printed 69, 570, 200, and age 11. Argue those nouns.
Keep Street Sweeper. End the 2 a.m. stadium. A spinning car is not a festival.
