🚨 CHICAGO STREET TAKEOVERS GETTING OUT OF HAND: RESIDENTS WANT CITY HALL TO DO SOMETHING

CHICAGO: Chicago, we need to talk.

Because apparently some folks looked at our intersections and said, “You know what this needs? A racetrack, a crowd of hundreds and maybe a little FIRE.”

Over the Labor Day weekend, street takeovers were reported across Chicago, including activity in Pilsen, Brighton Park and Lawndale, with videos showing dozens of vehicles and hundreds of people taking over streets. Now residents and community activists are demanding stronger action from city leaders.

And baby, this ain't somebody doing one quick doughnut in an empty parking lot.

🔥 THEY SET THE STREET ON FIRE?!

At 18th and Canal in Pilsen, video showed vehicles and crowds blocking the roadway while drivers performed stunts. Reporting from CBS Chicago says the street was set on fire, and Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez said he contacted the Chicago Police Department commander about what happened.

Excuse me?

THE STREET?!

Chicago already has potholes fighting for their lives. Now we're cooking the asphalt too?

At this point, IDOT is going to have to start putting the streets on the endangered species list.

🚗 THIS WASN'T JUST PILSEN

That's where this story got bigger.

Videos posted over the weekend appeared to show takeovers occurring in multiple neighborhoods, not just one isolated intersection. Some gatherings involved large crowds and dozens of vehicles blocking streets. Footage also showed police eventually dispersing some of the gatherings, but information about arrests wasn't immediately available.

And THAT is where Lady Red has questions.

Because doing doughnuts around hundreds of people isn't just somebody having fun with their car.

One wrong turn.

One tire blows.

One driver loses control.

One person falls.

And suddenly everybody goes from recording for Instagram to screaming for an ambulance.

🔴 LADY RED'S TAKE

Listen, I understand car culture.

I understand wanting somewhere to show off your car.

I understand young people wanting something exciting to do.

But taking over a PUBLIC INTERSECTION with hundreds of people standing inches away from cars spinning in circles?

WHOSE INSURANCE POLICY IS COVERING THIS?!

Because I KNOW State Farm ain't sitting somewhere saying:

"Absolutely. Doughnuts around 300 pedestrians with a bonfire in the middle. Covered."

😂😂😂

And before somebody says, “Lady Red, they're just having fun...”

FUN?!

Baby, Dave & Buster's is fun.

Bowling is fun.

A barbecue is fun.

We did what you're doing except.... we just just rode up and down the intersection on Stoney & South Chicago or pulled over on the side out the way so traffic could still flow...We were never doing doughnuts in the middle of the street nor were we blocking the intersections causeing a datdam disturbance and that was our fun.

HOWEVER!!!

This is Fast & Furious: Lower Wacker's Uninsured Cousin.

🏙️ NOW CHICAGOANS WANT ANSWERS

The conversation has now shifted from the videos themselves to what Chicago officials are going to do about these events.

Residents and activists are publicly calling for stronger action after several takeovers were reported during the holiday weekend.

And that's a legitimate question.

How do you stop these gatherings before hundreds of people arrive?

How do police safely break them up without creating an even more dangerous situation?

And where can legitimate car enthusiasts actually gather without turning residential neighborhoods and city intersections into stunt courses?

Because clearly yelling “STOP DOING THAT!” from City Hall hasn't exactly been undefeated.

🚨 BOTTOM LINE

You can love cars.

You can modify them.

Show them off.

Race them at an actual track.

But regular Chicagoans shouldn't have to turn around because somebody decided 18th and Canal is now NASCAR After Dark.

And PLEASE stop setting the damn street on fire.

Our property taxes are already high enough.

We cannot afford to buy Chicago another street. 😭

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