Ignorant Cali cops profile imports, Huge raid. Bet they get sued!

[desertheat 10+ year member]

Friends and family just getting together to hang out and have a good night. @hole cops go in commando style and ruin it for everyone. Many cali police wonder why riots hit the fan like they do when opportunity presents itself. And the comments that Skip Showalter made show how utterly ignorant he is.

http://thenewspaper.com/news/23/2302.asp

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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[hoss 5,000+ posts]

i bet they came into their house... disrespected their whole family... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[desertheat 10+ year member]

i bet they came into their house... disrespected their whole family... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

Was a large event in a parking lot. I read they even sent out letters threatening each person that attended the get together. Man they are going to sooo get sued.

 

[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

i drift while raid //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

not as bad as the nc cops who confiscate cars involved in street racing.....they had a 03 cobra with nitrous and a 350 with extreme modification.....both were outfitted with lights and are now undercover cop cars

 

[MyFartsStink 10+ year member]

Wow this is rediculous, someone probly got killed, and this could have been prevented if they didn't waste their time with this bs.

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

not as bad as the nc cops who confiscate cars involved in street racing.....they had a 03 cobra with nitrous and a 350 with extreme modification.....both were outfitted with lights and are now undercover cop cars

they took the nitrous off though... and they have nearly 30 of those cars currently //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

its not all of nc iirc, its just here in charlotte //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif . that 350 is bad *** too...

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

they took the nitrous off though... and they have nearly 30 of those cars currently //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif
its not all of nc iirc, its just here in charlotte //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif . that 350 is bad *** too...

yes that 350 prolly had 10-20gs of after market and was very BADASS

 

[MyFartsStink 10+ year member]

not as bad as the nc cops who confiscate cars involved in street racing.....they had a 03 cobra with nitrous and a 350 with extreme modification.....both were outfitted with lights and are now undercover cop cars

Great to see where our tax money is going.

 

[koolwhipman 10+ year member]

that'll teach 'em.

why would you mod ur car if you don't want attention? and then not like the aattenshun they got? they should be proud of the accomplishment that is this attenshin.

ya?

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

 

[desertheat 10+ year member]

Even the vett guys are supporting the import crowd

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=1985638

 

[koolwhipman 10+ year member]

not as bad as the nc cops who confiscate cars involved in street racing.....they had a 03 cobra with nitrous and a 350 with extreme modification.....both were outfitted with lights and are now undercover cop cars

Well, i believe the po-po can take anything u break the law with, whether it a gun, beers, or a car. It sucks for the guy who put the money into it, but at least now the cars are being put to good use.

 

[NoobieAudio 10+ year member]

Was a large event in a parking lot. I read they even sent out letters threatening each person that attended the get together. Man they are going to sooo get sued.

it was a joke. ever seen 2 fast 2 furious

 

[desertheat 10+ year member]

haha was wondering if you referenced that horrible movie haha.