Street Takeovers
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Stunt drivers and spectators flooded Chicago streets for a second straight weekend night, disturbing residents, attacking cops and damaging police cars during some of the unsanctioned events that allegedly drew participants from across the country.
Chicago police officials couldn’t immediately provide details about the latest round of so-called street takeovers early Sunday. But in a statement, the department said some officers “were assaulted with bricks and bottles.”
Six police cars were also damaged at one event at the intersection of Cermak Road and Lumber Street on the Lower West Side, a spokesperson said. No officers were injured, and no arrests were made.
Videos posted online show a group of people striking and throwing objects at a police SUV, which can be seen driving toward the crowd as other police vehicles sit in the background.
The Chicago Sun-Times has previously reported on the city’s burgeoning underground car culture, powered by social media campaigns directing hundreds of people to certain intersections. The meets have scattered across the city, pulling drivers to industrial parks, empty mall parking lots and even the downtown area — to the chagrin of local residents and their alderpersons.
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1/16th of an inch of rubber away from killing 12-20 people…
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1/16th of an inch of rubber away from killing 12-20 people…
And the spectators don’t even seen that concerned
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And the spectators don’t even seen that concerned
@jon-nyc said in Street Takeovers:
And the spectators don’t even seen that concerned
In Chicago, death is always a moment away.
