Steff Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 LOS ANGELES -- The first car seized under a Los Angeles ordinance meant to discourage speed contests on public streets will be destroyed Wednesday. The demonstration comes in the wake of two senior Village Christian School football players being killed Oct. 1 in what police called a racing-related collision in the 7700 block of La Tuna Canyon Road in Sun Valley. The driver of the car, also a football player at Village Christian, was critically hurt and underwent brain surgery at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center that Friday. Four nights later, police broke up a large crowd -- 35 carloads of young people -- gathered for racing in the 8000 block of Haskell Avenue. Two cars seized in that raid will be destroyed, police said. A dozen people were arrested. It is misdemeanor in Los Angeles to even watch an illegal car race. "There's been a lot of fatalities, there's been a lot of major traffic collisions, and the public's tired of it," Los Angeles Police Capt. Greg Meyer said, announcing the arrests and seizures. "The police and the fire department are tired of picking up the bodies, so we are cracking down on street racing," he said. According to police, the Chevrolet Camaro in which Nicholas Roth and Christopher Oliver, both 17, died was going 90 mph or faster when it crossed onto the wrong side of the road and hit a pickup truck headed the opposite way. The other vehicle that Michael Lee, 17, supposedly was racing -- witnesses told police it may have been a light-blue Ford F-150 -- did not stop, and the driver has not been caught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiff Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 I didn't know that was legal, but I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 I didn't know that was legal, but I like it. Most of the seizure laws came out of the racketering legislation. Whatever you use in the commission of the crime may be seized. The government then can sell or destroy the property. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted October 13, 2004 Author Share Posted October 13, 2004 I didn't know that was legal, but I like it. The only thing better would be to make the little punks watch their cars getting crushed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 The only thing better would be to make the little punks watch their cars getting crushed. I wish Chicago would do that to the damned cab drivers who think there are no traffic laws Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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