Oakland Deals With Multiple Street Takeovers, Several Cars Torched
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Police in Oakland played whack-a-mole with several street takeovers on the night of Friday, April 12. And while the local news said “several” suspects were arrested, that’s not much considering how many people were participating in the illegal gatherings.
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Yet again, torching cars was a big feature of these street takeover gatherings, as shown by local station KTVU. This complete destruction of vehicles at takeovers seems to be on the rise. Sadly, it makes sense since many of the cars used in takeovers are stolen and so participants are eager to destroy the evidence.
We think it’s fair to say Oakland Police Department isn’t being given the necessary resources to deal with street takeovers and other crimes in the city.
Sideshow at 1:15 a.m. at 40th & Broadway in Oakland’s Temescal neighborhood broken up after 25 minutes, per witness. @oaklandpoliceca pic.twitter.com/rpzunMZr92
— Henry K. Lee (@henrykleeKTVU) April 14, 2024
According to local reporter Henry K. Lee, who posted videos of the numerous street takeovers or sideshows on X, police dispersed them rapidly, some as quickly as ten minutes. But instead of stamping out the fire, they just spread it to other areas.
Sideshow at 1:50 a.m. at 7th & Castro under I-880 in Oakland broken up in 10 minutes. @oaklandpoliceca pic.twitter.com/BM2eEkM1p6
— Henry K. Lee (@henrykleeKTVU) April 14, 2024
New takeovers at different intersections popped up almost as quickly as police broke them up. We’d be willing to bet a lot of the same people were at all of them, so breaking them up didn’t act as a deterrence from these kids to just go elsewhere and do it again.
Sideshow at 2:20 a.m. at Claremont & College in Oakland’s Rockridge dispersed shortly thereafter. @oaklandpoliceca pic.twitter.com/AGh5V6rnDE
— Henry K. Lee (@henrykleeKTVU) April 14, 2024