Police Raid Car Enthusiast Gathering

[Stoopid Wendy]

California: Police Raid Car Enthusiast Gathering, Generate Revenue (http://thenewspaper.com/news/23/2302.asp)

California: Police Raid Car Enthusiast Gathering, Generate Revenue

Police raid Riverside, California parking lot to issue modified car tickets at local car enthusiast gathering.

Using $503,000 in federal and state gas tax revenue to pay for overtime, nine police agencies in Riverside, California sent more than one hundred police officers to surround a gathering of automotive enthusiasts. Owners of imported sport compact cars had gathered at the Canyon Crossing shopping center on Friday night to swap stories, talk about their passion for cars and show off the latest enhancements to their rides. At around 11pm police surprised participants by blocking all exits with fifty police cruisers. Officers then began a warrantless search and interrogation operation of the 150 vehicles that were present.

"If you're not into street racing, why would you need that?" Riverside Police Traffic Sergeant Skip Showalter asked an enthusiast during a similar crackdown last year. "Why would you want more power going to your car?"

Police issued a total of forty-eight tickets for "engine modifications" with police accusing the owners of the parked vehicles of being street racers. Another fifty tickets were issued for paperwork violations, dark window tinting and lack of a front license plate. The most revenue, however, will be generated from the fees imposed on twenty vehicles that were confiscated. Despite labeling the parking lot raid as taking place at a "street racing venue," Riverside Police offered no evidence that any street racing actually took place.

Across the state, gas tax funds are regularly used to fund similar crackdowns that generate big revenue. In 2004, the California Highway Patrol issued a total of 101,553 "modified car" citations worth $10.5 million according to CHP data obtained by TheNewspaper.

Other law enforcement agencies participating in Friday night's raid included the California Highway Patrol, Riverside County Sheriff's Department, and police from Baldwin Park, Fontana, Irwindale, Moreno Valley, Ontario and Mount San Jacinto Community College.

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[slow poke]

that sucks !!!!! :mad:
glad i don't live in cali !!!!!! :)

[shinmei2006]

it was prolly just a parking lot full of ricers

[Badlatitude]

and as much as they want to write how they are innocent. thoose Fk tards rev their motors , do burn outs , drift around , crash into each other , smoke pot , drink , blast their systems and act like little assholes. Look at how many single ricer retards ya see in any given week. imagine a hundred of em togather!!! If i lived in that town id prob be happy.

My cousin almost killed some kid 2 weeks ago on our street( which is a quiet road that only gets delivery and resident traffic). This kid in a white turbo civic made 1 pass down the street at WELL OVER 75 mph with bass blasting and was still accelerating then turned around and did it again. then stopped at another ricers house at the end of the street. My cousin took off after him in the dually , blocked his car and ripped him out the window. Not only was the shit rediculas for a street bairly 2 cars can pass on but there are well over a dozen kids between the ages of like 6 and 10-12 that live on the street and play all the time. this little faggotdidnt even slow down passing them. BTW most people drive about 10-15 mph down the street

[ShakinIt]

and as much as they want to write how they are innocent. thoose Fk tards rev their motors , do burn outs , drift around , crash into each other , smoke pot , drink , blast their systems and act like little assholes.

Exactly.

"Owners of imported sport compact cars"

Sounds like it was a little 2 fast 2 furious douchebag gathering......


At the same time though, that many officers does seem a bit excessive.....I mean, are ricers the worst criminals California has?? Really? Nothing worse to concentrate that much manpower on?

[plazma]

Not sure why they paid overtime. Didn't they have enough planning to work it out so it didn't cost the tax payers and additional half million.

If they didn't waste money in such ways they wouldn't have to write a bunch of ticket to cover it. Figure a half million dollars is like 3,333 tickets at $150 each.

[BAMF]

Its California. What the hell do you expect?

[Adrenalin]

Ricers or no ricers, that shit is F'd. If it's okay to block them in then why wouldn't it be okay to block the domestic crowd in. I personally think that the raid, according to the story, is lame, no matter how much the stupid punks pull that fast and furious bs.

[blacksheep-1]

Clearwater PD use to pull that crap over here, the problem was they started screwing with middle age muscle car guys who were doing stuff like collecting money for crippled kids (I was in on that one) Once the politicians realized thay were screwing with people who had some influence they called them off.

[racingrick]

as much as I hate rice (unless it comes with eggrolls) that is f'ed if that is the whole story!

if not, what happened to make the cops do this? and now..........the rest of the story.................?

[riverviewnative]

Back in the day they tried that shit down here with a little mud boggin goin on. Nothing like having the tables turned on the cops. And it was very gratifing to pull a cruiser out of the mud.

[95coBraSVT]

Yep...This same shit happened to me before when I used to street race. The muscle car crowd was all fine and good....Hell, the cops would come over and converse with us and then drive away. Afterwards, we would have a couple races....Life was good. Then F n F came out and every ricer on the street thought he could take on an 11 second muscle car. When they found they couldn't win, they brought more of their friends. (Well,, if I can't beat you, then I bet my friend can. Dumbasses) Eventually, it was muscle on one side of the street, and rice on the other. Then they started with bringing out the crack....and the guns....and the whores...and the pot...and the booze...and the stupidity. The last one was the straw that broke the proverbial camels back. When they started doing e-brake doughnuts in the parking lots and leaving trash all over and breaking into the places we were parked at, the cops came down...HARD! The would block us ALL in, and we would ALL get tickets for SOMETHING. The cops got to my car and found that the exhaust had been "altered". I said "No shit. It's a 28 y/o car. I bet the mufflers have been replaced a FEW times." LOL Ricers ruin it for EVERYONE including themselves.

[Cold_Beer]

Its California. What the hell do you expect?

Liberal pussies?

O wait thats just what it sounds like.:lol:

[98DOHC]

Maybe they should try spending some time catching some illegal immigrants that drag the system down, instead of writing bs tickets. Southern cali is the "NEW" Mexico.

[95coBraSVT]

Southern cali is the "NEW" Mexico.And Floriduh could be called "little havana". :nerd:

[Na306StAnG]

When I lived in Jersey I had a couple bad ass cars. I got a ticket once for not having tail pipes and one for having an older motor in a "newer car" For instance I had a 70's big block in a 90 Camaro :mullet:

This is why I love Florida. One of the last states I can drive my Carb'd, No cat having mustang on the street!!

[Mars_302]

hate import ppl all you want, but we all get grouped together.

[98DOHC]

And Floriduh could be called "little havana". :nerd:


Maybe Miami, The rest of the state isn't that bad compared to southern cali. It's insane over their.

[95coBraSVT]

I've had three calls this week alone where the caller asked if I spoke spanish, and when I said no, they couldn't communicate and eventually hung up. Just as bad here as it is there. The difference is that here, once they reach the "dry land", they are "legal" and can't be shipped back.....The "c" word...Can't...as in Can not. There, if they cross the fence/river/whatever, they simply AREN'T shipped back. It is perfectly LEGAL to ship them back, but they just don't do it. bah! I think I'm late for my spanish lessons....LOL

[98DOHC]

I've had three calls this week alone where the caller asked if I spoke spanish, and when I said no, they couldn't communicate and eventually hung up. Just as bad here as it is there. The difference is that here, once they reach the "dry land", they are "legal" and can't be shipped back.....The "c" word...Can't...as in Can not. There, if they cross the fence/river/whatever, they simply AREN'T shipped back. It is perfectly LEGAL to ship them back, but they just don't do it. bah! I think I'm late for my spanish lessons....LOL


3 in one week? That would drive me insane. I would change my number and do what ever else possible to stop that shit.

This isn't the chart i seen originally, but his is one like it.(This one is less detailed) I'll try to find the other one.
http://www.affordablehousinginstitute.org/blogs/us/illegal_immigrant_1_small1.jpg

[blacksheep-1]

The People's Republik of Kalifornia?
If Bush doesn't veto the bill that the jacklegs in Congress came up with (to provide social security to illegals) I'll kick him in the nizzuts personally. They protest and whine, well instead of doing that, take the time to become a freakin' citizen, and learn english, then get a job and pay taxes like everyone else.
Don't get me started on this.............

[Stangonline]

"If you're not into street racing, why would you need that?" Riverside Police Traffic Sergeant Skip Showalter asked an enthusiast during a similar crackdown last year. "Why would you want more power going to your car?"

Morons - that's like asking a gun collector why he needs 50 guns if he isn't going to rob a bank.

[3m0k1d]

"If you're not into street racing, why would you need that?" Riverside Police Traffic Sergeant Skip Showalter asked an enthusiast during a similar crackdown last year. "Why would you want more power going to your car?"


...or the cops are pissed that tuners are getting faster than them lol and still get way more pussy =P

[Badlatitude]

"If you're not into street racing, why would you need that?" Riverside Police Traffic Sergeant Skip Showalter asked an enthusiast during a similar crackdown last year. "Why would you want more power going to your car?"


...or the cops are pissed that tuners are getting faster than them lol and still get way more pussy =P

Or they are sick of listining to people bitch about fucking rice that sounds like a dirt bike with a blowk out muffler revving the shit out of their 200 horse motors trying to gay it up like the queers in the fast and furious.

[3m0k1d]

Or they are sick of listining to people bitch about fucking rice that sounds like a dirt bike with a blowk out muffler revving the shit out of their 200 horse motors trying to gay it up like the queers in the fast and furious.


Tru but even 200 horse from a Honda is pretty high lol

[Strokd85]

3 in one week? That would drive me insane. I would change my number and do what ever else possible to stop that shit.

This isn't the chart i seen originally, but his is one like it.(This one is less detailed) I'll try to find the other one.
http://www.affordablehousinginstitute.org/blogs/us/illegal_immigrant_1_small1.jpg

i know around the area by where we live up here in TN that the spanish speaking community (illegal or not) is much higher than it was where I was at in FL).. At this point it's suprising if you don't see something offered (anything) in both languages, in home depot, lowes, walmart, etc.. hell, some car lot with an animated sign had 2 SEPERATE runs, one in english, one completely in spanish...
definatley a bit of a shock moving to TN..