‘Street takeovers’ terrorize towns across US as former detective warns of deadly consequences
'The potential for loss of life is incredible,' former detective Lolita Harper says
By Mollie Markowitz Fox News
Published October 10, 2024 4:00am EDT
Disruptive "street takeovers" have been causing chaos around the country and sometimes loss of life, and one former detective explains why she believes the trend has spread so rapidly.
"Street takeovers are when … large groups kind of descend upon a street to either race or earn out or do tricks in the street, effectively making it impossible for anybody who wants to use the street," Lolita Harper, executive director of the Sheriff's Employees' Benefit Association and former detective, told Fox News Digital.
"They've become … more and more dangerous in terms of the damage that they're causing, the crowds that they're attracting and the essentially taking over of entire communities and or intersections, even resulting in … property damage, cars being lit on fire, windows, smashes."
Hundreds showed up to participate in a California street takeover near Costa Mesa and Santa Ana over the weekend, FOX Los Angeles reported. Video from the scene shows large crowds gathering while a driver in a green car does doughnuts around a fire.
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