Welcome to Behind The Vroom. The show about the Southern California auto enthusiast lifestyle. Join us as we descend upon some of the coolest car events and meet the folks behind the Southern California "car culture".

Friday, April 4, 2008

California: Police Raid Car Enthusiast Gathering, Generate Revenue

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

Tuesday, April 1, 2008Parking lot raid
"Using $503,000 [ed. note: that's "half a million dollars" folks!] 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..."

But don't take my word for it- Get the full story:

No comments:

Post a Comment

Hey if you want to get a hold of us, click the link below and leave us a "comment". This activates a crack team of robot monkeys* who will rush your thoughts to us lickety split!