District 5 Oakland Councilman Noel Gallo sounds off on the 'sideshow' crisis wreaking havoc on the San Francisco Bay Area, calling for clear penalties for perpetrators.
with their own cars to obstruct attempts at stopping these"sideshows." Gallo, however, warned those engaging in the activity that"we will find you."
"We catch you doing that right now, not only will we find you, impound your vehicle, but, we also have the opportunity to give you up to six months in prison," he said."But right now, we're trying to discourage. I've sat down with some of the organizers and met with them. We try to find different opportunities where they perhaps can, at a racetrack, they can have these sideshow activities, but that didn't work out.
"We need to stop that illegal behavior and protect our families and children," he said."We need to create an ordinance that clearly defines imposing fines and penalties against organizers and facilitators of sideshows."Madeline Coggins is a Digital Production Assistant on the Fox News flash team with Fox News Digital.
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