There were at least four major sideshows early Sunday morning, three in Oakland and one in Richmond. One Oakland sideshow near Piedmont at Howe and 41st streets attracted an estimated 500 people and lasted from about 2:15 am to 5:30 am. Participants performed donuts, used laser pointers, set off illegal fireworks, and repeatedly damaged a black Infiniti that appears to have been stolen. A crowd jumped on and destroyed the vehicle, which later was set ablaze. Videos show bystanders trying to navigate the scene and a passerby using a fire extinguisher while police warned crowds that the fire department was en route.
But one of these four sideshows that happened in Oakland at Howe and 41st streets stands out from the bunch, as it drew an estimated 500 people, and lasted between 2:15 am and 5:30 am, for a duration of longer than three hours, according to KTVU. KTVU's Henry Lee got his hands on video from that sideshow, and it's a donnybrook of donuts, laser pointers, and fireworks galore being set off.
It was a presumably stolen black Infiniti, and in the lower left video above, we see it break down from all the stunt-driving abuse it has taken throughout these proceedings. A half-dozen people jump on the windshield (this quickly turns into a dozen people), and a mob starts just destroying the car however they please. The upper right video shows the aftermath of the burnt car, with flummoxed drivers trying to navigate their way through the scene.
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