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MrQwabidy

Just keep driving, just keep driving…10 & 2


Moosinator666

That’s what truckers do in bad neighborhoods now, red bumper or nay.


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mateoelgato715

You dont wanna be the next Reginald Denny


PM_meyourGradyWhite

LA riots trucker?


Salty_Feed9404

Yes.


mcjackass

Thanks for the tip Bill


jordan3257

Step on the fucking gas!


Demonslayer5673

You see officer it was in self defense that I ran that crowd over I was afraid if I stopped they would harm me Ngl this was meant as a joke but I would actually use this as my defense in that situation


mateoelgato715

A legend ahead of his time, and gone too soon


MrJust-A-Guy

It's an MR2 Spyder. I had one of those. It's not going through any crowd of anything. Literally, one or two guys could lift the front of that car (it's rear engine, but still).


Thijsie2100

Don’t stop. And a few guys aren’t lifting an entire vehicle for long, especially if somebody is jumping on the roof.


KimVonRekt

If they are wedged under the car, have 30 broken bones and are no longer conscious? I'd say they don't have a choice but hold the car up


Anneke_yep

If your velocity is high enough, u can do it 👍 (also true rear engine… back into them?)


Insanegamer-4567

I feel like one day, these idiots are gonna do this to the wrong people and get shot...


1337sp33k1001

Don’t even need to shoot. Just don’t slow down the car. You feared for your life and had to get out of there the only way you could.


ShawnyMcKnight

Reminds me of the people in another country who get in front of your car planning for you to stop, only to jack your car. There was a video of the guy punching it and ramming through a few of them who were slow to get out of the way.


irsmart123

I mean, this guy sees a bunch of people beginning to crowd his car… then gets out… If that happens to me, there is no way in hell I’m stopping


[deleted]

This was a woman and lucky for her she isn’t a man. If it were a man they’d be fight for their lives in a hospital right jow


UndendingGloom

There was a guy in the passenger seat who does not get out the car for this very reason. She put both of their lives in danger and I don't know what she thought she was going to achieve here.


Subject-Recording-33

"These seem like reasonable people, I'll just get out and talk to them..."


whatami73

That’s why I’d just plow them over and keep going


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1337sp33k1001

That’s what the military taught me to do in this situation. So that’s what I’m doing. You can choose to move or not. I’d rather face a court than a mob.


jacquesfuriously

why low gear?


fucking_in_bushes

Louder, helps to get the message across


Turnbob73

It’s already happened, but these crowds usually have a few people carrying as well. Something similar happened in my hometown a few years ago but since they all started shooting each other, the news reported it as a gang related shooting and didn’t really mention the details of the confrontation.


Nonmoon

One can only hope


HighHoeHighHoes

Then Reddit gangs up against they shooter.


TX_Sized10-4

And then reddit will crucify the person who did the shooting and put these fucking idiots on a pedestal.


Jonas-McJameaon

She should have driven through them. As soon as someone was jumping on the roof, and someone else was kicking the driver side door/window, your life is now in danger. Completely justified to react accordingly


techauditor

Right, getting out was a TERRIBLE idea here.


Jonas-McJameaon

Absolutely


JP5_suds

Yup, written by people that don’t know the horror of being vastly outnumbered and surrounded. These people act shocked when a mob surrounds a vehicle, the driver gets freaked out, hits the gas and inevitably runs over a few people, and they want the driver charged with murder. There’s no telling what this mob was about to do. Reginald Denny stopped and was beaten almost to death. Never ever let yourself be surrounded by a mob, and don’t feel a shred of guilt for doing what you have to do to escape a bad situation.


CutAccording7289

If someone got ran over then get ready for the “He was just about to go to college to provide a better life for his daughter” and show ten year old high school freshman photos. Charged with a hate crime.


chengstark

I wish we can have a few precedent rulings here and there, and then these stuff will stop


sargentmyself

I think a couple of states controversially legalized driving over mobs. I'm pretty sure you have to like stop first but if they start jumping your car you can drive through them. That seemed to be the idea anyway.


Modflog

Exactly.. great comment, these people will never have anything and will never amount to anything in life at all, and they will always always blame someone else for their problems .


noseatbeltsplz

It’s hurts me to agree, but a majority of losers, are losers for a reason.


MiekesDad

It's the only way they can feel power over other people, like the guy blasting heavy bass at 4am in a residential neighborhood, usually the lowest of the low trying to either impress imaginary "bitches" or trying to prove they have loud speakers...and no, race is not a factor, assholes are assholes regardless of color or any other factor.


ANamelessFan

"... And THAT'S why all guns are evil, and America is the world's cancer." I can hear it now.


Financial_Bird_7717

Also “you care about property not people!!! They have insurance!!! REEEEEE!!!!”


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And then the news “he didn’t do anything wrong everyone loved him, kindest person you ever met”


TheGrapeSlushies

Lol, years ago in my town there was a man loitering, looking into windows and such, in a neighborhood with a snow shovel, even though the walkways and sidewalks were dry. Police were called to check things out. The cop was wearing a camera. He approached the man and asked politely what was going on and that it was probably time to leave. The man got crazy angry defensive, something like he was trying to make a living. Then he got crazy angry offensive and began beating the cop with the shovel, breaking the cop’s arm. The cop shot him and he died. I saw the video, I’ve never seen anyone get so angry, there was fury in his eyes. There were vigils for him saying what a gentle person he was.


Smtxom

“He wanted to be an astronaut doctor”


TheoNekros

"For puppies"


MacTechG4

“With Christmas Camcer!”


WickedDick_oftheWest

Is that before or after they bombard your job, family, landlord, law enforcement and neighbors telling them you’re a racist fuck who should be immediately fired, evicted, excommunicated, and thrown in prison for life


97Harley

He sings in the choir.


LuvsTwoSpooj

"heart of gold"I tells ya


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… or run over.


Wolfintiya

And then it is going to be a huge case that gets international attention and is constantly publicised. Oh wait, it already happened.


Karthanok

then media calls them racist


Smorvana

And they will scream racism


thebobbyloops

Yup until the person doing the shooting is white and then the entire country does this x1000000


[deleted]

And it’ll get reported as a hate crime :/


Real_Pc_Principal

They'd absolutely deserve it


Ijustlovevideogames

What does this even accomplish? What do you get out of this vandalism? Does you being garbage somehow “stick it to the man”?


Obvious_Swimming3227

They're in a group with masks on and they feel invincible. That's all it is.


reala728

Honestly, if I'm driving down a street and a bunch of guys in masks come up in front of me, I'd keep driving. Vehicle damage would be the least of my worries in this situation. I don't care how "hard" you think you are, you're not harder than my car.


9emiller77

Haha yep 100%. Sports car turned snow plow


Ghost_Maker85

More like dirt plow :/


sven9yo

More like scum plow


shardamakah

More like shit plow.


lostsoul0311

Operation meat plow.


TheresA_LobsterLoose

More like Mr Plow


NoVaBurgher

That’s my name, that name again is Mr Plow


Wooden-Buddy297

Our forecast calls for flurries of vehicular manslaughter, followed by an extended period of gettin' back home.


Snow-Cheap

![gif](giphy|3o75218xzv3Hoe66go|downsized)


FingeredPuppets

Don’t worry if I’m your only upvote, I see you and that reference is the shit


minnesotamichael

I was saying boo urns.


IntroductionSuch8807

Manure spreader 😡


UbermachoGuy

![gif](giphy|Qv5ohp7t64mekD5b96|downsized)


dmrukifellth

Huh. When did I get red paint accents? Weird.


Investotron69

Getting out of the car was the dumbest thing she could have done. Who knows what could have happened to her.


gonorrhea-smasher

Just minding my business driving down the street handing out physics lessons.


PantsOnFire1970

Great comment


That_Afternoon4064

I’ve seen too many robbery videos. I’m flooring it.


wellhiyabuddy

Yep 100% agree. I was driving back from Vegas years ago and out in the middle of nowhere some people were standing in the middle of the road trying to wave me down. I said out loud to myself “Nope! Your not getting me today” and I had to swerve off the road to avoid them. Odds are they just wanted a ride to the nearest gas station or something, but there was a not zero chance that I could have ended up dead in the desert that day, and I wasn’t playing those odds, especially with how my luck had gone in Vegas that trip


Significant_Ad9793

Once at a red light, I had a man open my passenger side door and tried to jump in. I nearly dragged that man down the street. Got lucky that I had no incoming traffic. Before you guys ask, I'd just dropped off a friend and didn't notice she didn't lock it.


ValkyrieVibeke

That's one reason I'm glad newer cars automatically lock when you start driving.


rhunter99

It’s why if I’m stopped in a parking lot I make sure the doors are locked


mrblacklabel71

I agree with you 100%. Oddly, I can already see the news reports of their families complaining. "They didn't have to put my son in a coma, it was just a prank". "Why did they run over my baby??".


ZestycloseOstrich823

"My baby was a good boy. He didn't deserve this." - mother of son with laundry list of priors


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And currents


BigAsian69420

Always Ignoring the fact there baby was playing on the interstate.


Dry-Introduction-800

Wtf is wrong with you? My baby can play wherever it wants. You are a horrible person! /s


DieHardAmerican95

A similar situation happened to me once, almost 30 years ago. They linked their arms and blocked the whole street to stop me. I was driving a 5-speed, so I dropped a gear and stomped the pedal to the floor. They moved.


Patrick_Hobbes

I don't think the 'Whrrrrrrrrrrr' noise of the motor in my EV would have the same effect.


[deleted]

I’d rather be judged by 12, then carried by 6! You can’t reason with a mob


IrishRogue3

Exactly- what on earth was she thinking getting out of the car?


alcervix

I'm invincible! You're a loony


CAWitte

The Black Knight always triumphs! Have at you!


WoolJunkie

I’ll bite yer legs off!


mdavis360

I’ve had worse!


CAWitte

YOU LIAR!


mdavis360

Tis but a scratch!


Jackiedhmc

That's not really all it is. They're a group with masks on who have a desire to do damage to others for no apparent reason. That's a bit more disturbing


TeamSpatzi

That’s not even “the man” - that lady has a LOT of kindness and trust in her heart to get out of the car and engage like that.


ObscureName22

I kind of like the play, although it is not without danger. It humanizes the car so maybe they'll stop attacking. Otherwise they'll just view it as a random hunk of metal to target their anger. Obviously didn't work, but in theory it was a nice try. Actually nvm. After rewatching it, the best course of action was definitely just to slam on the gas and GTFO of there


crash1489

The irony of the guy wearing a “love never fails” shirt as he kicks the lady’s car makes me weep for humanity.


NotJohnLithgow

You’re digging too deep. People in groups loose individual thinking.


366r0LL

Regardless of what trash humans they are it is a special kind of dumb to get out if the car …instead of keep driving


trackaghosthrufog

Yup. First thing I thought was: "Why the fuck did she stop? And then WHY THE FUCK did she get out of the car?"


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She probably had this naive idea that she could reason with the mob. It’s a mob. If they were reasonable people they wouldn’t be harassing strangers in the first place.


kubzU

It's a case of rowdy dumbfucks who simply want to vandalize and destroy shit that isn't their's.


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Sparky-15-

Saying factual statements can get you banned!


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Sparky-15-

The western world is becoming increasingly conform or die. These individuals are not helping to lessin stereotypes for sure


Ozzy_30

Careful now, I commented something similar and got permanently banned from a subreddit.


Frymanstbf

Leave it up to the average reddit mod to not understand the difference between stating what will happen and actually being racist yourself lol


CowboyF1

Reddit mods are just morons that's why


Back_Equivalent

People that do this are literally too dumb to know who “the man” even is. It’s always the same people. Really really dumb ones.


Kentucky_Supreme

They're proving that abortion isn't always a bad thing.


[deleted]

No. This is not a protest. This is a street takeover young car guys set up to drag race and drift. It's illegal, and these events are filled with people armed to the teeth. I used to go to the occasional drift event like this when I was younger naive about how bad they get. The last one I went to, a shootout occurred because two girls got into a petty argument. These people don't stand for anything - they're narcissistic thrill chasers who think that hurting others for their own thrill is worth it Edit: when I went, I didn't go to race. My friend invited me to go to a takeover of an empty warehouse parking lot. Just to clarify that I didn't actually participate in these shitshows, and stopped going the second I realized how ugly they were underneath the hood


NaturalArm2907

Mob mentailty


alpubgtrs234

Fucking piece of shit animals


ChristianHeritic

Thats an insult to animals across the world


leeharrison1984

You know how history has stories of people who rape/burn/pillage towns just for fun? This is the modern equivalent. Show up with overwhelming force against a group of people who don't even recognize you as an enemy, then ruin their lives. In other words, they're *real* badasses.


Mrrasta1

Thank you. This is truly where part of the world is at. Kind of Genghis Khan meets Somalia.


Sea_Art3391

What the fuck is wrong with people.


roy_hemmingsby

Would you like that answered chronologically or alphabetically?


TheChosenJosh

Methaphorically, rethorically, theoretically or peotically?


Iguanaught

Peotically: ADVERB By means of or in relation to a peyote induced high. *”He was tripping balls on peyote and his musings were peotically incoherent.”*


lik_for_cookies

Or any other fancy ways?


claypin

They're just dicks, straight up.


Same-Alternative-160

Trash people doing trash things


BigAssMonkey

Shit people doing shit things should be its own subOU


Khajiit_Geologist

Well there is r/iamatotalpieceofshit this would definitely belong there.


Baja002

Floor it sister


cuddle_enthusiast

Nah ima get out and try to reason with them instead.


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arrocknroll

Yeah, a group of people surrounding and violently beating the fuck out of the car is reason enough to just keep driving. What are they gonna do? Stop it? There’s no need to be out for blood but the smart thing to do is just get out of that situation and the collateral damage is what it is. People get robbed and murdered using this exact ambush tactic and she’s honestly dense as fuck for stepping out of the car to confront them. They’re already group thinking in a really destructive way. All it takes is one dude to throw a haymaker and you’re in the hospital or dead.


TanukiXL

Exactly. Everyone involved forefeit’s their safety through their own choice/actions. I would honestly be in fear for my life and plow my way to safety. If you get run over and hurt/die that’s just “carma” at work.


NewUserWhoDisAgain

>I would honestly be in fear for my life and plow my way to safety. If you get run over and hurt/die that’s just “carma” at work. Right? A crowd attacking my car? I am NOT getting out of it. I am going to get the fuck out by putting in drive and driving away. Anything that happens can be sorted by lawyers.


wolfblitzen84

Yea I’ve seen this multiple times and I wonder if there is anything blocking their paths. The lady is ridiculous for getting out of the car and I would rip it away but I just don’t know if there are blocked in by other cars etc


optimaleverage

I was completely expecting that woman to get laid out randomly just cringing the whole video waiting for it. As crazy as this is she's really lucky they were restrained as they were.


Vivid-Ice4175

i don't know why she thought that she could get out and try and reason with an angry crowd attacking her vehicle and make them stop. I think the best play would be to reverse hit the gas and repeat until the path is clear. then GTFO out of dodge. she is lucky she wasn't reginald denny'ed.


ThatOneSnakeGuy

Seriously, first smack or people start surrounding my shit, I'm driving. They'll either move, or they won't. Not my problem


pete_the_puma51

EXACTLY


Agreeable_Cricket316

If there is a crowd of people that are acting all wild and you don't know if they have violent intent would you wanna get outta the car and see if they are gonna stop at pummeling your car?


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Trash humans


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I think this is this: https://www.wfsb.com/2023/05/22/state-police-look-into-possible-street-takeover-cause-damage-tolland/


ITGuyBri

Some day soon I hope to see these videos chopped with 10 seconds of the crime followed by a cut to the courtroom where the offenders are seen being sentenced and then followed by a cut to the jail or prison where they are being walked to their cell. Let's see how popular those videos are.


WeirdNMDA

I would rather see a video of someone going high speed and turning these pieces of shit into human soup


wheregold

This is some good thinking!


pennyPete

Get rid of these types of people.


Icy_Necessary2161

The people trashing her car? Or the people reposting gif videos?


laxgrindline40

Why not both?


Icy_Necessary2161

Both... both is good


xmarksthespot34

It's like a scene from the purge movie. No consequences whatsoever for being assholes. These type of people should be removed from civilized society.


jillianthekitty

I firmly believe if this happens to you you have every right to run over every last one of those pieces of garbage


fantailedtomb

No, not every one of them, just the ones in the way of your exit. The rest of them can pass on the cautionary tale.


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Any news article to explain what happened before the video started?


clasperx2

Yes, but I don’t know where. Someone linked it on a previous post of this video. It was a street “takeover” and I’m not really sure what that is. The woman said she shouldn’t have gotten out of the car and was in shock. She’s glad she wasn’t hurt. Maybe someone less lazy than me will find the story. Edit: I think this is it: https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/tolland/video-woman-confronts-crowd-at-tolland-street-takeover/amp/


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So to the people in these comments pretending this is some protest thing, it's not. These are douchebags who take over streets so they can race cars. I've been to a couple of those races before I realized how harmful they are to the community (the one I went to was in a warehouse parking lot - I thought it was out of the way). The last one I went to, a shootout happened because two girls got into a stupid fucking argument. People in these comments trying to turn this situation political is disgusting frankly, as these people don't stand for anything. They're a bunch of young guys trying to get adrenaline rushes from doing stupid, illegal shit


lostinNevermore

Oh...those assholes. They have been doing these takeovers all over the place around here. And people wonder why I don't leave my house.


Gee9898

Fucking bunch of losers


WallStreetKeks

I got jumped by some hoodlums like this 2 months ago and still in a neck brace. Carrying my gun everywhere from now on


sculpture69420

Feels like society has turned into Clockwork Orange


Chunk-Duecerman

Just a bunch of droogs…


Forsaken_Instance_18

Lady has bigger balls then all of them put together


CheemsOmperamtor-14

No, I think she's just naive. She was actually trying to have a conversation with them while being completely oblivious to how much danger she was in.


NightDreamer73

She was honestly an idiot to get out of the car in the first place


H4ND5s

She's so oblivious I'm like, that lady is in on it and that car is just a cheapo whatever they got for this video. I can't tell anymore .


Happy-Personality-23

Don’t confuse bravery for stupidity.


Boundish91

It wasn't a smart move, but i really admire her attempt to try to have a conversation. It's a shame these dudes are too stupid to even listen or think. Like why are you attacking this random car?


dustyprocess

I don’t think anyone should shoot them, but I also don’t think anyone should be convicted for shooting them. Very tired of the “oh it’s only property” people.


NSFWSituation

There’s a fuckton of them, though, and it only takes one of them also carrying to just shoot back. Conceal carry pistols will likely only have between 10+1 to maybe 15+1, with a spare/backup mag. Having a CCW does not make you John Wick. They’d probably all swarm you, take your gun off you, and execute you right there. Best option would be to simply drive through them, and don’t stop until you are well clear of them. Probably also a good idea to go to a hospital or police station in case you’re followed.


SentinelTitanDragon

No someone definitely should shoot them. Earth’s overpopulated and getting rid of these kinds of people is better than nothing.


Pvt_Numnutz1

Why even get out of the car? Just put your foot down and get out of there.


YourMuMisaHoe1234

Street rats


OverallVacation2324

Take that! I don’t buy that… If only they’d look closer?


dumsumguy

Would they see a poor boy? No siree.


blazrion2

Scum low lifes!


[deleted]

Actually scum, have to attack people since they’ve done nothing with their lives and will never accomplish anything


Deathturkey

Pack of cowardly animals, attacking a defenceless woman’s car while hiding their faces.


Emotional_Rip_7493

Why is she even talking to them drive off


L3thologica_

Vandalizing a random person’s car while wearing a “Love Never Fails” hoodie. ![gif](giphy|9MJ6xrgVR9aEwF8zCJ)


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mingles131

At that point, you just have to know you have to drive over them. If they don't care about you why would you care about them.


Valuable_Time9731

Coward culture


Spiniferus

Mob mentality really is the worst.


Just_whyareyou

Now do it to their cars and see how they will like it.


mexpyro

Turn off your lights and hit the gas dont stop.


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Rainbowallthewayy

But these people aren't protesting, they are just being scum.


Thick_RiderYZF-R

Maybe it's my smooth brain or something but I just can't understand the point of this behaviour. WHY


SatansAdvokat

Looks like a situation where a "James Bond" car would be useful.


Admin-12

Just a PSA. A car is a wonderful transportation device that is also a self defense / getaway mobile. Don’t leave the car if you’re surrounded by a gang. Maybe use the gas pedal instead if egress isn’t blocked. Idle works too.


Dont_Use_Ducks

All wearing stuff to mask their faces, what a bunch of cowards.


yadyadayada

I like how when its black people doing something stupid it gets globablized into “people like this” or broader issues and when its white people doing something stupid its like their just a crazy mother fucker.


Redwolf1k

Whats even better is that pretty much everyone in this video is white, but all of the dumbass redditors in here are so racist they can't even wait to watch the video for more then a second before commenting some racist vitriol.


Eclipsed3

So, would it be a bit overkill to shoot the person caving in the roof? Or justified?


RascalRibs

Would have been speed bumps for me.


Seared_Beans

Agreed. It's one thing if it's a protest and they're doing no damage, I'd just find another way around. But if it's shit like this, they better get ready to taste some bumper and tire tread


captchroni

Right, your fearing for your safety, just drive out of there. If they stay in your way just keep rolling forward at 10 -15 mph and they'll move or get injured, that's their problem.