CBS News Los Angeles Reporter Laurie Perez went to South Los Angeles and witnessed two street takeovers on San Pedro Street.
For anyone wondering how often street takeovers are happening, CBS News Los Angels Reporter Laurie Perez learned first hand that they're going down frequently.
There were several close calls during this street takeover. Cars made consistently made contact with people in the crowd but it didn't appear that anyone was seriously injured. As for the one on Sunday afternoon, three cars at a time took to the inner circle for almost 45 minutes, stopping traffic in all directions. Perez said that close to 500 people were at this street takeover, standing dangerously close to cars and trucks that were doing donuts and dangerous tricks with their cars.
South LA residents and workers told Perez on Sunday that these street takeovers are becoming more and more common and more and more scary.
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