The entire south Charlotte street racing scene just got busted, "2 Fast 2 Furious" style

[JackBurton]

Ok, who forgot to bring the police scanner?

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: Estrella
Yeah, the head was fired and I think almost all the kids were let off unless they were caught in the act. I can't remember it

I do remember that HPD was left looking like a bunch of idiots.

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: Estrella
They did that once in Houston and the Cops got Omfgwtfbbqpwnd in court. The only thing they can get you for unless you are actually racing are any mods that would make your car "un-street-worthy." Oh the irony.

So what happened to the cop(s) "in charge" of the bust?

I do not remember exactly but I think one Captain was actually fired over the incident. They surrounded a Sonic and arrested everyone on site. Even a 32 year old guy with his two young children who were eating ice cream. Cops are sometimes stupid as hell.

I remember reading about that incident, GD makes you wonder if the police ever bothered reading the constitution before they got their jobs.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: Estrella
They did that once in Houston and the Cops got Omfgwtfbbqpwnd in court. The only thing they can get you for unless you are actually racing are any mods that would make your car "un-street-worthy." Oh the irony.

So what happened to the cop(s) "in charge" of the bust?

I do not remember exactly but I think one Captain was actually fired over the incident. They surrounded a Sonic and arrested everyone on site. Even a 32 year old guy with his two young children who were eating ice cream. Cops are sometimes stupid as hell.

yea i remember that, it happend in Katy.

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: Estrella
They did that once in Houston and the Cops got Omfgwtfbbqpwnd in court. The only thing they can get you for unless you are actually racing are any mods that would make your car "un-street-worthy." Oh the irony.

So what happened to the cop(s) "in charge" of the bust?

I do not remember exactly but I think one Captain was actually fired over the incident. They surrounded a Sonic and arrested everyone on site. Even a 32 year old guy with his two young children who were eating ice cream. Cops are sometimes stupid as hell.

yea i remember that, it happend in Katy.

No, it was actually right in the heart of West Houston. I know the Sonic.

 

[amicold]

Originally posted by: Howard
They deserve to be punished for street racing in populated areas.

Nah it's quite fun, try it sometime.

I can't wait to see the court battle thats gotta be so illegal for them to do that, since I guarantee no one except maybe two people were even seen racing.

 

[txrandom]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
So the cops took cars from a parking lot? Was there any actual racing going on in this parking lot, or what?

Unless they have irrefutable proof that every car was being raced and every person there was involved the Police department will lose their asses in court. Street racing is BS but tactics like this from the Police are just as BS.

That's what I was getting at. They can't take the cars just because they were hanging out in the parking lot.

If they're hanging out to set up races, then the cops need to follow the cars to wherever the race is, THEN arrest them.

Which is what they usually do. I have witnessed it in Houston about 10 years ago. Then a few years ago they pulled a stunt like this and it turned into a mess.

Talking about the K-Mart thing several years ago?

Bout time these ricers got their noisy cars taken away.

 

[fleshconsumed]

So the police busted them for drag racing in the parking lot? I didn't know your could race in the parking lot?

I agree that ricers/racers should get jail time because it just isn't safe to race on the streets, but this is moronic. These kids obviously didn't race in the parking lot, at most they were just checking out each other's cars. And the extent of the police bust with bunch of tow trucks and two choppers makes it even more ridiculous... :///

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
So the police busted them for drag racing in the parking lot? I didn't know your could race in the parking lot?

I agree that ricers/racers should get jail time because it just isn't safe to race on the streets, but this is moronic. These kids obviously didn't race in the parking lot, at most they were just checking out each other's cars. And the extent of the police bust with bunch of tow trucks and two choppers makes it even more ridiculous... :///

Please read the thread. It was just a gathering.

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: Rickten

Originally posted by: intogamer
how you going to run on foot leaving your car behind?

say it was stolen. Guy I know flipped his car into the ditch while drunk, got out called his gf to come get him, drove back to the party and reported his car stolen.

Insurance totaled his car and he got a new car.

Thats called insurance fraud buddy.

Keep thinking thats the right move.

 

[Eli]

How can they just take peoples cars for comming to a meet?

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: amicold

Originally posted by: Howard
They deserve to be punished for street racing in populated areas.

Nah it's quite fun, try it sometime.

I can't wait to see the court battle thats gotta be so illegal for them to do that, since I guarantee no one except maybe two people were even seen racing.

QFT, unless they have video/witnesses of them racing they don't have sh!t to hold them on and the police will probably be sued for false arrest.

Arresting someone because they have suped up cars is a joke. I get together with all of my RSX buddies (whos cars are all tricked out), in mall parking lots. If someone arrested us just for having our cars there I would be so pissed.

 

[wetcat007]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
So the cops took cars from a parking lot? Was there any actual racing going on in this parking lot, or what?

Unless they have irrefutable proof that every car was being raced and every person there was involved the Police department will lose their asses in court. Street racing is BS but tactics like this from the Police are just as BS.

It looks like it was outside of target, which means they might have security camera footage, and plenty of witnesses.

 

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: OS

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: Estrella
They did that once in Houston and the Cops got Omfgwtfbbqpwnd in court. The only thing they can get you for unless you are actually racing are any mods that would make your car "un-street-worthy." Oh the irony.

So what happened to the cop(s) "in charge" of the bust?

I do not remember exactly but I think one Captain was actually fired over the incident. They surrounded a Sonic and arrested everyone on site. Even a 32 year old guy with his two young children who were eating ice cream. Cops are sometimes stupid as hell.

I remember reading about that incident, GD makes you wonder if the police ever bothered reading the constitution before they got their jobs.

Holy Moly. I am laughing hysterically in strait jacket sort of way. The human race is screwed. Arresting a family going for ice cream because they just there. Oh man, I would be livid if I was that dad.

 

[oCxTiTaN]

Originally posted by: KLin

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
So the police busted them for drag racing in the parking lot? I didn't know your could race in the parking lot?

I agree that ricers/racers should get jail time because it just isn't safe to race on the streets, but this is moronic. These kids obviously didn't race in the parking lot, at most they were just checking out each other's cars. And the extent of the police bust with bunch of tow trucks and two choppers makes it even more ridiculous... :///

Please read the thread. It was just a gathering.

please read his reply, he never said they were racing...

 

[illusion88]

Originally posted by: Rickten

Originally posted by: intogamer
how you going to run on foot leaving your car behind?

say it was stolen. Guy I know flipped his car into the ditch while drunk, got out called his gf to come get him, drove back to the party and reported his car stolen.

Insurance totaled his car and he got a new car.

I know someone who did almost the exact same thing.
EDIT: only he didn't call the police, he let it go. The police called in the morning asking why his car was totled on the side of the road. He said he was at a party the night before, and got a ride home. It worked.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: amicold

Originally posted by: Howard
They deserve to be punished for street racing in populated areas.

Nah it's quite fun, try it sometime.

I'm betting it is, but I wouldn't trust myself in the situations that could arise if I were a participant.

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: amicold

Originally posted by: Howard
They deserve to be punished for street racing in populated areas.

Nah it's quite fun, try it sometime.

I'm betting it is, but I wouldn't trust myself in the situations that could arise if I were a participant.

I've done it before with friends, but no where where there would be any other people, and we pull off the gas pretty quick. (We both drive the same cars so we do it to check who's is tuned better).

People that do it in popular areas shot be strung up.

 

[EvilYoda]

Luckily, we have Woodward from the months of April-September...50/50 chance that you'll get an asshole cop, but they usually stay in the same places.

The kind of situation that you mentioned...don't think that's happened in Michigan before. Not a big enough street racing scene

 

[Excelsior]

I can tell that you were at Regal from the pictures. I found this article from the 22nd of October...

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/n...lina/southern_mecklenburg/15820408.htm

As the restaurant and movie traffic at the Stonecrest shopping center thinned and the parking lot emptied on a recent Saturday night, a different crowd began rolling in.

It was a handful of cars at first: a silver hatchback Honda with sparkling rims, a red Mercury with a loud engine, a black Acura with booming speakers.

More followed as the clock crept past 10:30 p.m. Drivers parked and spilled into the lot, dressed in sweatshirts and jeans on one of the first chilly weekends of the season.

It's an island of largely blue-collar teens and 20-somethings in one of the most affluent parts of the county, where half-million-dollar homes surround the shopping center and luxury cars fill its parking lot during business hours.

Drivers like these have flocked to Stonecrest every weekend for several years, showing off their vehicles and favoring even brisk fall nights over bars and their friends' warm basements.

"We just chill, hang out and bring our cars," said 19-year-old Quentin Brooks, a student at Central Piedmont Community College who drives a 1998 Honda Civic.

 

[I Saw OJ]

Those were really bad pictures BTW

And if the idiots were racing in the parking lot, then F ya they should be arrested, but if people were just hanging out, checking out other peoples cars thats another story.

 

[AndrewR]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
So the cops took cars from a parking lot? Was there any actual racing going on in this parking lot, or what?

Unless they have irrefutable proof that every car was being raced and every person there was involved the Police department will lose their asses in court. Street racing is BS but tactics like this from the Police are just as BS.

That's what I was getting at. They can't take the cars just because they were hanging out in the parking lot.

If they're hanging out to set up races, then the cops need to follow the cars to wherever the race is, THEN arrest them.

Unless they had prior surveillance of all of these cars racing then they don't need to catch them in the act. That would make more sense because then you can grab them while they are unprepared to run.

 

[allisolm]

Is this it?

"Eleven people were arrested and 17 cars seized during a sting Saturday night targeting those participating in a pre-arranged speed competition, police said.

Officers with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police and the N.C. Highway Patrol were stationed at Stonecrest at Piper Glen shopping center on Rea Road and Interstate 485 around midnight.

At least 30 warrants were served."


Link (says exactly what I posted - no more, no less.)

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Originally posted by: allisolm
Is this it?

"Eleven people were arrested and 17 cars seized during a sting Saturday night targeting those participating in a pre-arranged speed competition, police said.

Officers with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police and the N.C. Highway Patrol were stationed at Stonecrest at Piper Glen shopping center on Rea Road and Interstate 485 around midnight.

At least 30 warrants were served."


Link (says exactly what I posted - no more, no less.

I applaud the CMPD and NCHP. :thumbsup:

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: allisolm
Is this it?

"Eleven people were arrested and 17 cars seized during a sting Saturday night targeting those participating in a pre-arranged speed competition, police said.

Officers with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police and the N.C. Highway Patrol were stationed at Stonecrest at Piper Glen shopping center on Rea Road and Interstate 485 around midnight.

At least 30 warrants were served."


Link (says exactly what I posted - no more, no less.)

So apparantly they had evidence they were street racing in the past, or they arrested them for something different entirely.