{"id":5385,"date":"2025-05-15T17:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T17:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/?p=5385"},"modified":"2025-05-20T11:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T11:56:43","slug":"why-did-san-francisco-police-trap-over-100-cars-during-midnight-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/05\/15\/why-did-san-francisco-police-trap-over-100-cars-during-midnight-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did San Francisco Police Trap Over 100 Cars During Midnight Meet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CN024_175MP2da4tah9563rnnd2e6tkd1v91g-copy-1024x576-1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-11 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Police responded to an overnight car meet-up and locked over 100 cars into a parking lot.<\/li>\n<li>Authorities detained everyone to check for stolen cars and matched plates to VIN numbers.<\/li>\n<li>The incident raised questions when police dodged inquiries about arrests and ticketing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/california\/\">California<\/a> police don\u2019t always have the best reputation for being tough on crime, but they just pulled off a tactic we\u2019ve never seen before. During a late-night meet-up for car enthusiasts and cruisers, officers encountered a group of vehicles parked in a fenced-in lot. What did they do next? They locked everyone in and proceeded to inspect every single car.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to police, this was indeed a sideshow, even though it wasn\u2019t taking place on a public road. San Francisco Police tell Carscoops, \u201cOn 05\/11\/2025 at approximately 2330 hours, San Francisco Police officers responded to the area of 3rd and King Street regarding vehicles engaged in illegal sideshow activities. Upon arrival on scene, officers observed the activity had moved to the area of Pier 30, where more than 200 vehicles were engaged in a sideshow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2024\/12\/new-california-laws-in-2025-target-speeding-street-takeovers-and-more\/\">New California Laws In 2025 Target Speeding, Street Takeovers, And More<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson added that, \u201cofficers made several announcements for subjects to disperse, however, many refused to comply with the orders. Officers developed a plan and successfully flushed the vehicles from the Pier after detaining each vehicle to conduct a records check.\u201d That coincides with what evidence we have from those at the meet-up.<\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails-organic\"><\/div>\n<p>Video from the scene shows an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/police\/\">officer<\/a> addressing the crowd: \u201cThe gates will open. Line your cars up. You\u2019re not going to be able to go anywhere. They\u2019ll be patrol cars on your right. There\u2019s going to be patrol cars on your left. There are going to be spikes lined up so if you choose to take off guess what\u2019s going to happen\u2026 your tires going to get flat. You\u2019re going to come through, we\u2019re going to run your plate. We\u2019re going to check the plates to match the VIN. If everything matches up, guess what yall get to do? Yall get to bounce,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attendees Tell A Different Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DJhrlCfB5SA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\"background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;margin: 1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px);width:calc(100% - 2px)\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DJhrlCfB5SA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\"background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DJhrlCfB5SA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\"color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by @chasing.gelo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to one account with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/video\/\">video<\/a> from the scene, \u201cthis was not a takeover event, it was a cruise that started in Redwood City and went around the entire Bay ending back to Hayward.\u201d This same person says that when they arrived at the parking lot, some cars were already in it, and the gates were open. Once police arrived, they shut the gates and detained everyone until they could check for warrants and stolen cars.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cops pulled up to a car meet, locked in over 100 cars then had them towed \ud83d\udc80 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4xh22lsP5e\">pic.twitter.com\/4xh22lsP5e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FearBuck (@FearedBuck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FearedBuck\/status\/1922644750961721693?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Police Dodge Hard Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that there are no current reports we could find of any serious consequences here, so we pressed the SFPD for more info. Specifically, we asked if they arrested anyone, issued any tickets or warnings, or found anything illegal during the incident. <\/p>\n<p>It ignored these questions in its response but instead said that \u201cNo subjects were detained during the incident.\u201d We\u2019re not lawyers, but according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/wex\/detain#:~:text=In%20criminal%20law%20%2C%20to%20detain,a%20temporary%20period%20of%20time%20.\">Cornell Law School<\/a>, \u201cIn criminal law, to detain an individual is to hold them in custody, normally for a temporary period of time.\u201d If that\u2019s not what police did, then what exactly is locking people up in a parking lot? Unlawful detention is a Fourth Amendment violation, so we\u2019re not talking about some tiny thing here. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"e46c436a-adeb-4b5e-a2c7-56bc36561c10\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"b25ecba7-3bbb-4ea7-a3a8-dbea91695c07\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n         \t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n             \t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n    \t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;b25ecba7-3bbb-4ea7-a3a8-dbea91695c07&#8221;);<br \/>\n             \t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;e46c436a-adeb-4b5e-a2c7-56bc36561c10&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Furthermore, SFPD ignored our question about what sideshow activities it witnessed. After all, if all police <em><strong>saw<\/strong><\/em> was a car meet with cars neatly parked together, then in theory, the most it could do would be to issue parking tickets, it would seem. It\u2019s worth noting that in the video below, it\u2019s clear that some cars were doing donuts in a large open parking lot. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s the same lot is unclear. What is clear is that it isn\u2019t the typical street takeover scene we\u2019ve come to know all too well. These cars are in a wide-open lot. There aren\u2019t pedestrians by the cars either. And it\u2019s important to note that officers need to see violations to enforce laws. They can\u2019t simply assume or go on a third-party accounting of an action. <\/p>\n<p>Finally, the department ignored an inquiry about its legal right, in theory or practice, to enforce laws about sideshows on public roads when something like this takes place on private property. It did say that it impounded one vehicle but wouldn\u2019t provide details as to what led to that very specific action. Normally, when a department makes a big bust like this, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2025\/02\/police-bust-over-25-supercars-in-florida-highway-takeover\/\">it\u2019s happy to share details<\/a>. This one though, has us scratching our heads. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Credit: Silent Rising<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police responded to an overnight car meet-up and locked over 100 cars into a parking lot. 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