Street racing and illegal car meet ups are taking over Tacoma streets, and city leaders are considering going after spectators in an effort to crack down on the rising crime numbers. FOX13
Street racers descended on Tacoma over the weekend causing mayhem and havoc for the people who live in the city, and it was caught on-camera.
Tacoma police talked about the challenges they face addressing the issue with city council on Tuesday. Police say they are facing hostile crowds and not wanting to make the situation worse, like what happened back inTacoma Police also say the city is facing an , which takes priority and takes away resources from other areas, like the ability to respond to street racing.including arresting spectators at these illegal car meet-ups and street racing events.
Spectators are defined as anyone at one of these events, who knew about it, encouraged it, or is affiliated with it.In the last year, Tacoma Police say they have charged four people with street racing
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