The Oakland Police Department said five tow trucks were used to seize nearly 80 cars at a weekend sideshow where a vehicle caught fire and fireworks were thrown by spectators.
Oakland Police Department seized and towed nearly 80 vehicles at an illegal sideshow in Oakland, Calif., on May 6, 2023. The cars were towed to an impound lot.
“If occupied, the drivers were asked to exit the vehicles, prior to being towed,” Candace Keas, a spokesperson for the police department, wrote in an email.that when it became aware of the sideshow activity in the city early Saturday morning, a helicopter was sent out to identify the location. Oakland Police Department seized and towed nearly 80 vehicles at an illegal sideshow in Oakland, Calif., on May 6, 2023.The helicopter discovered at least 250 cars taking over the intersection of 10th and Oak streets, police said.
shows cars speeding around in circles and doing doughnuts with people waving flags and hanging out from the windows of some cars; a crowd is also shown gathered on the sidelines throwing fireworks.
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