Multiple street takeovers were reported across Orange County Wednesday night. Hundreds of spectators and drivers were spotted performing stunts and taking over intersections in Anaheim and Santa Ana.
It was the wrong kind of middle-of-the-night wake-up call for people living near the intersection of Haster Street and Orangewood Avenue inA street-racing sideshow. It was of several events that happened overnight and those who heard the noise weren't happy.
A year ago, the City of Anaheim implemented a new municipal code making it a misdemeanor to participate in a street race or even be a spectator at one. Had police gotten there in time, all of those people watching the drivers spinning the cars this way and that could have been hit with misdemeanors, but that didn't happen. Police got there within seven minutes but those who took over the intersection took off fast.In a video shot at the scene, one neighbor appeared angry and frustrated. In his hand something that looked like a curved machete.
Though unrelated, Kivett lost a leg when a car hit him and dragged him a quarter mile through Griffith Park in 2013. Ever since the incident, he's been pushing back on street racers and dangerous sideshow drivers. In fact, it has become a mission with him. "It's not something I would ever do. Sometimes there gets to be a mob mentality at these street takeovers and these are not always people having a fun time. Sometimes they're involved in drugs and other illegal activities so a single individual going out as a vigilante is taking their own life in their own hands," Kivett said.
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