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One police officer was injured and multiple onlookers were set ablaze during a “street takeover” in Austin, Texas on Saturday night.
Overnight in #Austin, Texas, car drifters & spectators took over the streets & forced responding police to retreat. pic.twitter.com/aZ7zYBbb0U
— Andy Ngô
(@MrAndyNgo) February 19, 2023
More video of the street occupation in Austin, Texas on Saturday night: pic.twitter.com/v0cVyiEkgV
— Andy Ngô
Multiple people were caught on fire last night during the takeover of Austin streets.https://t.co/dT427CIqSq pic.twitter.com/eesH8bTlHF
— johnnyk2000 (@johnnyk20001) February 19, 2023
“We want to be known; we want to be documented. We want to be the next Fast and Furious,” South Austin resident Jose Gonzales told Fox 7 Austin:
“We didn’t have no intentions of hurting nobody. You know, that’s our fault. We’re sorry to the police officer that got hurt, but man, he should have stayed in his own lane,” Gonzales said.
[…] When asked if Gonzales was ever concerned about getting in trouble or even arrested, he said, “They can’t catch us.”
“The event went on until around 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning,” FOX 7 Austin reported. “Austin PD said an officer was hurt and several vehicles were damaged. A Travis County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said two of their vehicles had their windows busted out, rocks thrown at them, and they had to be towed.”
#WATCH: As chaos erupted overnight as dozens cars takeover attacking police
#Austin | #Texas⁰⁰Chaos erupted in Austin Texas after a significant, coordinated street race / takeover event took place last night as multiple vehicles blocked traffic doing donuts. When Austin… https://t.co/TMjLC0hY39 pic.twitter.com/ZddAmsUM7s
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) February 19, 2023
Street racers have taken over the South Lamar and Barton Springs intersection in Austin. They’re doing donuts and lighting off fireworks with a big crowd. pic.twitter.com/ibMyiqsUiO
— Allie Morris
(@MorrisReports) February 19, 2023
It’s been about 20 minutes since the first cars arrived to block off the intersection pic.twitter.com/l8yLqCVKN6
— Allie Morris
Austin policy makers are directly responsible for the overall safety of their citizens & visitors. Looks like they failed to make the right decisions & continue to defund, destroy, & demoralize public safety. Austin was one of the safest cities, NOT anymore,” the Austin Police Association commented Sunday on Twitter.
Austin policy makers are directly responsible for the overall safety of their citizens & visitors. Looks like they failed to make the right decisions & continue to defund, destroy, & demoralize public safety. Austin was one of the safest cities, NOT anymore. @Austin_Police https://t.co/j6OTTQE1ct
— Austin Police Association (@ATXPOA) February 19, 2023
Since taking office in Jan 2021, Soros-funded Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza has made punishing law-abiding citizens for defending themselves from criminals his top priority.
