Posted on 04/14/2026 3:36:13 AM PDT by Libloather
The vile street takeovers afflicting Los Angeles are getting more and more violent, police say, and they expect things will only get worse heading into the summer.
Los Angeles cops swarmed more than 90 street takeovers already far in 2026, making at least 79 arrests, impounding 114 race cars, grabbing four stolen vehicles and seizing four firearms. At least five people were shot at LA county street takeovers this past weekend alone.
Cops say the illegal gatherings are getting more and more bloody — and with warmer weather coming, things will only get worse.
“There’s robberies, rapes, shootings, murders, stabbings,” said Sgt. Jesse Garcia, leader of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Street Racing Task Force.
“It’s only increased and gotten more violent, more boisterous and just more brazen,” he added.
Four people were shot early Sunday morning at a massive takeover in Rosemead, where Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a takeover at the intersection of Del Mar and Garvey avenues.
The deputies arrived too late to stop the shooting of the victims, including two teenagers.
Twenty-four hours later, deputies responded to a report of another street takeover at Compton and Gage Avenues in the Florence-Firestone area of South-Central LA.
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“ don’t get the fascination of cars burning out in circles.”
Boys doing stupid things in cars is probably the only part of this that I can relate to.
We used to (try) to do this with hummers in Iraq. In fact, stupid car stunts was one of the best ways to build rapport with young men in any given village.
Boys and cars doing stupid things is a universal love that crosses all cultures.
It's all OK, as long as the perps can prove they're not racist...
Not exactly the same thing, but when I was in high school we would have drag races. There was a 1/4 mile stretch on rt 8 that was perfect. I had a pretty hot Buick Skylark that did well.
This is starting to happen in Atlanta as well. They are calling them “teen takeovers.”
Send in the social workers to mollify the situation.
Don’t forget the social workers.
It’s Racist to call it:
1. Riot
2. Mob
3. Street Take Over
4. Gang
5. Maintained Lawn
90 police arrivals at street takeovers. And only 79 arrest. That means that 11 times the police arrested no one. LA, please give up and let them destroy each other. And gangers, get some range time in and up the shootings.
I had a 390 Fairlane GT. We marked a 1/4 mile on the actual highway using house paint poured across the road and it was still there years later.
You go away in handcuffs today for that.
It’s cultural vibrancy! Are you not entertained? /sarc
Going the way of Soddom and Ghomorrah- Whiel the whoel nation certainly isn’t liek this- parts of it are nearly totally depraved (Though there are still a large part who are not... but they are being driven out)
It’s an election year. Of course the will be riots, and it will be Trump’s fault of course.
Take you and your families protection in to your own hands.
Arm your selves my friends, CCW, get pepper ball gun, pepper spray, bear spray, carry a pocket knife, a belt knife, be ready and when one of these barely human monsters try to attack you or your family or friends; let them be met by determination, steel or a hail of bullets fired in self defense.
We are a hands breath away from riot and ruin. The left has turned courts in to revolving doors, the woke are trying to de-fund the police and many department budgets have been reduced, fire safety has been left to rot and ruin slashed to the bone. You must be hyperventilate in the protection of your self and your family.
The lame stream media ignores it and they memory holed it but we must remember, we must band together for our own protection and stand again the tyranny of the the vicious left.
One vet at stage 4 and an UZI.
“I didn’t even have to use my AK. I had to say it was a good day.”
Better the street takeover thugs shoot each other and their spectators than they spread their havoc to our neighborhoods.
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