[LikaRokBowTie]

Originally Posted by ChrisBlair

You might be making a bigger deal out of this than there really is, maybe. But if you can view an incident like this and rationalize it as a micocosm of the USA, representing the norm and as a harbinger of irrevocable doom, then whatever country you move to has little chance of satisfying you.

I understand what you're saying,I just made my comment on this particular incident so I didn't violate any forum rules.There are many more things going on in our country(if you can still say that)that are very disconcerting to me as is with many millions of Americans.Trust me when I say that I know America is an awesome country in many ways,I've served in the military and other govt.agencies in my time,but I don't like what's happening at all right now and really don't see any political party willing to do the right thing for America or Americans!

[Hellfighter]

I am a young person my self. Own a Camaro and a motorcycle.. i respect cops and what they do, and it really did make me mad to see how our or my generation if not a maybe a few years older treats the L.E.O's of today.. It's sad , at one point when the mustang is slow taking off i believe the cop got the license plate, but i do believe all those guys should of got arrested and had riot controll called on for obstruction of justice and i thought at one point a mob was going to break out. =/ Really sad, to see for officers.

[spyderbuddy]

This is just sad. no respect for the law or themselves.

[Tenring]

Appalling!

[DDoug]

Originally Posted by silentownage001

Really hoping the cop got his plate.

There's a good possibility the car is stolen, or, plates removed.

Evidently, nobody on here was ever involved in the street racing scene back in the day. You're already involved in something highly illegal. If caught you face stiff penalties, lost license, impounded car, and possible jail time.

Shocking the people are running ...

... as for the others, mob mentality, psychology 101. One on one with an officer maybe 2 in the crowd would get this belligerent.

Not sayin' it's cool, just sayin' it's happened for years.

[nyrfan]

Crazy

[menendez1293]

[MikeSVX]

Originally Posted by DDoug

There's a good possibility the car is stolen, or, plates removed.

Evidently, nobody on here was ever involved in the street racing scene back in the day. You're already involved in something highly illegal. If caught you face stiff penalties, lost license, impounded car, and possible jail time.

Shocking the people are running ...

... as for the others, mob mentality, psychology 101. One on one with an officer maybe 2 in the crowd would get this belligerent.

Not sayin' it's cool, just sayin' it's happened for years.

Nope, always on track / sanctioned event. Even when I was 16. Why risk issues when you can do it legal for $10. Though I was lucky enough to live within 20 minutes of a drag strip that was open 4 days a week.

[Bulldog3071]

And America continues spiral down no respect for authority. I'm 49 and stuff like this just scares me what is happening to our society? What will things be like 25 or 50 years from now?

[Drumminxx]

Originally Posted by Bulldog3071

And America continues spiral down no respect for authority. I'm 49 and stuff like this just scares me what is happening to our society? What will things be like 25 or 50 years from now?

Since these assholes are abusing the right for them to hang out my guess would be less freedom which means it ruins it for the rest of us.

[DDoug]

Originally Posted by MikeSVX

Nope, always on track / sanctioned event. Even when I was 16. Why risk issues when you can do it legal for $10. Though I was lucky enough to live within 20 minutes of a drag strip that was open 4 days a week.

Good to hear you were way more responsible than me at 16. I'm better now. It took a big wreck (I was not involved, wasn't even there) when a car pulled out from a side street (side streets would get blocked so this wouldn't happen, that's what the police were mad about, so it wasn't being done) a mustang with no lights on t-boned the car (driver of said mustang was an off duty detroit officer) and the two people in the car were killed. You won't find any article or info. about this incident, kept very quiet. A friend of mine had his video camera confiscated for "evidence" and never got it back - it vanished.

There was a huge uproar and multiple news stories a week later when a crotch rocket slammed into a nearly parked car at a very high rate of speed (was not actually street racing, just driving very fast.) No mention of the mustang incident, but they were able to conjure up grainy images of cars street racing. I wasn't even sure if it was footage in detroit.


It made me rethink how I spent my very early Sat. and Sun. mornings. Closest drag strip was over an hour away - certainly not a good excuse, but my buddies and I were just a couple cars among a few hundred doing the same thing.

I have no idea if this still goes on. I don't hear anything about it though.

[DDoug]

Originally Posted by Bulldog3071

And America continues spiral down no respect for authority. I'm 49 and stuff like this just scares me what is happening to our society? What will things be like 25 or 50 years from now?

What's funny is archaeologists have found evidence of communication between people who built the pyramids complaining about the "younger generation" and "where are we going to be in years to come" and "these are our future?"

Well, we see what happened there, lol.

[hypercarfanatic]

Originally Posted by Bulldog3071

And America continues spiral down no respect for authority. I'm 49 and stuff like this just scares me what is happening to our society? What will things be like 25 or 50 years from now?

I agree with you. I am 17 and so many of my peers act like this...

I am just waiting for darwinism to take effect, so that smart ones are the ones that reproduce.

I promise we aren't all that stupid

[Q'smuscle]

The police will have the last laugh with this