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Caught in the middle of a sideshow? Sacramento County officials explain what to do if stuck
KCRA ^ | Feb 13, 2023 | Orko Manna

Posted on 02/14/2023 6:10:23 AM PST by artichokegrower

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A recent attack on a Sacramento family at a sideshow that was caught on video is raising questions about safety and security.

Amanda Hensley said she and her four children were in their van when they got stuck in a crowd at Amherst Street and Meadowview Road, where cars were doing donuts after midnight Saturday morning. Cellphone video posted on social media shows the crowd appearing to get violent toward the family. Hensley said people threw beer bottles at her van, adding that someone pushed the children’s father and someone also punched her 14-year-old son.

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The California Highway Patrol sent KCRA 3 a list of steps to follow if you are near a sideshow:

Try to find a safe and legal alternate route to avoid the sideshow activities

If you're already caught in the middle of a sideshow, call 9-1-1 and provide descriptive information of the vehicles and people involved

Do not engage with individuals participating in sideshows, as it could put your life in danger


Have pump or semi-auto 12 gauge preferably wit 18 to 20 inch barrel loaded with 3 inch magnum 00 for close in action

Have side arm loaded with extra clips available for further out action

Have semi auto rife to eliminate vehicles within range

Drive family to safety while keeping watch for possible threats

1 posted on 02/14/2023 6:10:23 AM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

“sideshow”, or thought that term was reserved for comedy. This sounds more like a sh*tshow.


2 posted on 02/14/2023 6:11:49 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: artichokegrower

Any advice for the police? Like “Do your job!”


3 posted on 02/14/2023 6:21:11 AM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: artichokegrower

Yeah, and a couple grenades handy for effect.


4 posted on 02/14/2023 6:23:36 AM PST by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: artichokegrower

Leave your car and pay a towing bill? How about enforce the #%€#£# law!
Those are basically children out there. Crack down on them, and no excuses. Who puts up with this nonsense?


5 posted on 02/14/2023 6:24:00 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: artichokegrower

Enforce the law!
Impound their vehicles.
Make them watch their rides being “processed” in the crusher.


6 posted on 02/14/2023 6:27:27 AM PST by sjmjax
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To: artichokegrower

I wonder who Amanda voted for?


7 posted on 02/14/2023 6:27:57 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: bk1000

Call Ponch and John they will respond on their Sunny skills Bikes


8 posted on 02/14/2023 6:32:07 AM PST by shadeaud (We have to discover the real truth and ho did all the funding. This is American ....Defend )
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To: artichokegrower

They need the EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle.


9 posted on 02/14/2023 6:33:54 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: artichokegrower

“Sideshow” is apparently a definition adopted by the Holy Sea of CA to describe its citizens doing what is so common that it required a name:

“a crowd at Amherst Street and Meadowview Road, where cars were doing donuts after midnight Saturday morning.”

First I’ve read of the term.

My take: California is a ‘sideshow’.

Avoid at all costs.

And FReepers who hail from the sideshow: Rationalize it all you want, but you’ll never change a thing. Time to leave.


10 posted on 02/14/2023 6:38:35 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: bk1000

Resist Not Evil. Is that Pollyanna?

It means, really, truly try to go back.

Realize you don’t have a dog in that fight.

You can see unnatural behavior blocks away.

U-Turn, or use the gear setting marked “R”.

That’s for “Reverse.”

You’ll have much less problem, if you aren’t part of it.

“When Trouble Gets in My Way, I go ‘Round It.”


11 posted on 02/14/2023 6:42:55 AM PST by CharlesOConnell (CharlesOConnell)
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To: gundog

Since the police won’t do their job, citizens need to be armed to protect person and property, simple solution. Mob rule cannot be ignored by the police.


13 posted on 02/14/2023 6:50:14 AM PST by chopperk ( )
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If you find yourself in a situation like that, Gandhi said you should get yourself away from the sideshow.

Absolutely brilliant advice. Now I know why he is the expert.

14 posted on 02/14/2023 6:58:56 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: artichokegrower

I thought it was referring to a carnival — like the bearded lady sideshow. Attacks by thugs are sideshows? Hmmmmm.


15 posted on 02/14/2023 7:01:08 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Stupid is supposed to hurt.)
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To: moovova

She and her husband aren’t too smart. He and one kid were outside of the vehicle and were surprised they got punched. The minute they approached a bunch of loud people in the road and cars everywhere, maybe, just maybe they should have thrown it in reverse and got out of there. Guessing the other children were younger than the 14 who got out into the crowd. Why were they driving young children around after midnight in what we can assume was a sketchy neighborhood?


16 posted on 02/14/2023 7:02:50 AM PST by bgill
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To: logi_cal869

Free Republic would die without California.


17 posted on 02/14/2023 7:03:29 AM PST by Laslo Fripp (Semper Fidelis)
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To: artichokegrower

Sideshow is an odd name for a street takeover.


18 posted on 02/14/2023 7:04:01 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: CharlesOConnell
U-Turn, or use the gear setting marked “R”.In Sac, I think it means Rio Linda. Drive to Rio Linda, where all of the cars are on blocks in peoples’ yards.
19 posted on 02/14/2023 7:08:11 AM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: bgill

I have s feeling the parents were out to see the “sideshow” and things went south. Or, maybe they were looking for drugs in the bad part of town. Either way, it was stupid to be out with the kids that late.

One thing I found funny. State Patrol said “Try to find a safe and legal alternate route to avoid the sideshow activities”

Sorry folks, I’ve got 4-wheel drive and the truck stands high off the road. I’m taking ANY route that gets me and the family safely out of there...legal or not.


20 posted on 02/14/2023 7:13:32 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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