Read the full story on The Auto Wire Street Takeovers Heat Up In Southern California Street takeovers sprang up all over the San Fernando Valley in Southern California late on June 20 and in the early morning hours of June 21. While law enforcement scrambled to stamp them out, more popped up like a wildfire […]
In recent months, the city of Seattle has seen its fair share of street racing events and takeovers, including the one in Lower Queen Anne where hundreds of people took over Elliot and Western Avenue W and did donuts around a Seattle Police Cruiser. In June, dozens more took over the corner of Southwest Alaska […]
Read the full story on The Auto Wire Violent California Street Takeovers Rock San Francisco And Oakland As the purported birthplace of street takeovers or sideshows, California’s Bay Area has consistently struggled with the illegal events. Over the weekend there were several violent gatherings in San Franscico and Oakland public roads, with at least one […]
Charlotte police said Tuesday that they seized a vehicle and wrote seven citations stemming from this weekend’s “street takeovers,” in which drivers in uptown and NoDa drove dangerously for an audience. Bystander video showed at least one person get hit by a car doing donuts at the intersection of North Davidson and 36th streets. Police […]
Video circulating on social media from this weekend showed cars doing burnouts and fireworks shooting off in Uptown Charlotte and another street takeover in the NoDa neighborhood. Someone was even hurt in the process, MEDIC said. The videos show large crowds watching the drivers during the stunts. VIDEO: Several arrested, cars seized after street takeovers […]
FILE – The defense chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries excluding Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea and Niger, gather for their extraordinary meeting in Accra, Ghana, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, to discuss the situation in Niger. Three West African nations of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have quit the regional […]