Los Angeles Police Department is stepping up efforts to address illegal street takeovers with a new measure that could lead to participants’ cars “disappearing real soon.”
Detective Ryan Moreno told reporters on Thursday that anyone caught attending or participating in a street takeover will have their vehicle impounded for up to 30 days, according toIt is the latest move by the LAPD to target street racing or takeovers that have surged during the pandemic. “We really want to stop this from becoming a new trend where they think that they show up and take over a street or a freeway or any part of the city, that they’re just going to be able to do whatever they want,” Moreno told reporters.Moreno issued the warning just days after two separate street takeovers occurred about an hour apart and just over a mile from each other in South L.A.
One street takeover late Sunday night in an unincorporated area of the Willowbrook neighborhood led to the shooting death of a teenage boy,
30 days? That should stop all street racing - immediately!
cmarinucci What’s the legal basis for this exactly?
It's about time, to be certain. The equivalent of children in hotrods with the combined idiocy, audacity and selfishness to seize parts of our community for dangerous antics shouldn't have been tolerated for even a day, let alone years. Good riddance.
Go full Reagan on them. He confiscated cars permanently for a dime bag of pot found in their vehicle.
Why not impound them and auction them, and then use the proceeds to repay some of the theft and damages these folk are causing..?
GaHouseHub
BLM riots taught folks how to be self sufficient free thinkers where society's rules don’t apply. 😢
DA Gascon won't let that happen.