Street takeover with more than 50 cars
in downtown LA leaves some in flames
CBS News,
by
Marissa Wenzke
Original Article
Posted By: mc squared,
6/30/2024 11:50:08 AM
More than 50 cars were involved in a street takeover in downtown Los Angeles early Saturday as some went up in flames, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Video shows a car completely engulfed by a fire, sitting in the middle of an intersection as a thick black cloud of smoke rises from the vehicle. Other cars can be seen as they try to drive around the inferno.
LAPD said several vehicles were impounded after authorities responded to the area near East 18th Street and Main Street, where participants intentionally set two of the cars on fire.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 6/30/2024 11:52:34 AM (No. 1746615)
Escape from LA... call in the "Snake."
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 6/30/2024 12:00:10 PM (No. 1746626)
"Though you may not drive a great big Cadillac
Diamond in the back, sunroof top, diggin' the scene with a gangsta lean
Gangsta whitewalls, TV antennas in the back"
Yez'um
14 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Jerseyden 6/30/2024 12:00:53 PM (No. 1746629)
They are just getting ready for the dnc convention coming up.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Strike3 6/30/2024 12:09:17 PM (No. 1746648)
Nothing more left to shoplift so the Chimps have moved on to other amusements and shiny objects. Nobody should be surprised. The Governor of this state still wants to be POTUS in the worst way and that's exactly what would happen. Karen Bass is beyond pathetic.
21 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
Californian 6/30/2024 12:16:32 PM (No. 1746657)
It was a mostly peaceful street take over and burning wreckage celebrating LA street culture.
23 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
DVC 6/30/2024 12:17:20 PM (No. 1746658)
Any American citizens involved?
Any white folks involved?
20 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
chagrined 6/30/2024 12:17:52 PM (No. 1746659)
Dry run for the demonrat convention? Oh, you say the convention is in Chicago? That's all right, they need to practice for other cities too!
15 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
Adam 6/30/2024 12:19:30 PM (No. 1746662)
Wow. There is actually a thing called “street takeover.”
18 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 6/30/2024 12:27:13 PM (No. 1746673)
No wonder people are fleeing the "Golden State". The other hard fact is that the ones leaving are mostly the ones with the means to do so. AKA taxpaying citizens that CA can't really afford to lose. The state is already running a huge deficit and they will be asking the federal government for a bailout ie: thats us...the taxpayers in the rest of the country.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Birddog 6/30/2024 12:30:37 PM (No. 1746677)
Psst...they didn't light heir OWN cars on fire...those belonged to someone else. They were stolen. The numerous small explosions during the fire were fireworks going off. Many of these recent events have included cars full of people racing around shooting off massive amounts of commercial looking fireworks
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 6/30/2024 12:40:14 PM (No. 1746690)
FTA — No one was arrested, police said.
FTA — Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de Leon said that the event is unacceptable.
FTA — It's just another reason that Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, California Highway Patrol and LAPD combined forces to create a task force to address the takeovers.
No arrests, a weasel word response from a democrat politician and a task force. This is the democrat version of a crackdown on street takeovers.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Italiano 6/30/2024 12:41:52 PM (No. 1746693)
Before I Google Map it, is it anywhere in the vicinity of the intersection of Barack Obama Blvd. and Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd?
20 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 6/30/2024 12:55:54 PM (No. 1746703)
And much more to come.
10 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Highlander 6/30/2024 12:58:22 PM (No. 1746707)
This is only a foretaste of what the complete breakdown of law and order will bring. You think this is bad? You ain’t seen nuttin’ yet! Coming soon to your homes.
11 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
PostAway 6/30/2024 2:01:21 PM (No. 1746745)
Apparently, “Who?” and “Why?” are no longer parts of the mainstream media’s reportage.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 6/30/2024 2:25:42 PM (No. 1746763)
Poster #15 is absolutely correct.
There is not one word in the article about what was being "protested" - - and who was doing the protesting. I guess it's not important to know why two cars were set ablaze - - and thousands of people - - incuding law enforcement - - were extremely inconvenienced.
Professionalism in "journalism" is completely dead.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
earlybird 6/30/2024 3:43:23 PM (No. 1746795)
Native Califnian but never ever in LA. Home of feckless Dems and their useless Ta$k Force$... (Run,bro! Here come a task force!!!!)
4 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
YorkieMom 6/30/2024 5:34:07 PM (No. 1746846)
Come on, these peaceful critters are just celebrating Fourth of July a little early.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
earlybird 6/30/2024 6:19:37 PM (No. 1746862)
Dems take oer a city, vote in all Dems...you know the script...
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
walcb 6/30/2024 7:26:24 PM (No. 1746909)
What a terrible job of reporting "news". 50 cars involved--50 cars?? What about the people driving the cars? 2 cars were burned? Who owned the cars? Who was driving the "50 cars involved"? Why was no one arrested?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
NeonVortex 6/30/2024 7:43:38 PM (No. 1746926)
#4 Please stop insulting the chimps. They are way better than these subhumans.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
mifla 7/1/2024 7:28:02 AM (No. 1747141)
Did someone cancel midnight basketball?
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Mayor of Los Angeles is a black female.
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No one was arrested.