Florida Troopers Bust Street Takeover Blackout Challenger

Florida State Police are serious about busting people who participate in a street takeover, as this blackout Dodge Challenger driver found out the hard way. As troopers descended on an illegal takeover event held in Tampa, which was promoted through social media, the Mopar muscle car shut off its lights and ran.

See a street racer roll his car several times.

You can see in the dashcam footage it’s a seriously dumb move. Troopers have a lot of vehicles and suspects to focus on, but blacking out and hitting the accelerator makes sure they pay attention to the red Challenger as it speeds away.

Immediately, the suspect dodges into a nearby residential area as the main road is clogged by the dozens of cars which came to watch the show or were trapped by the takeover shutting down traffic.

But the neighborhood also has a lot of cars driving through, so the suspect drives onto the sidewalk to get around some, probably thinking the trooper can’t or won’t do the same. He’s wrong.

By that point, the Dodge driver should realize FHP isn’t playing around one bit. Instead, he pushes harder to get away. All he does is encourage troopers to go even harder. As he gets caught in another traffic jam, the lead trooper pushes him from behind into a Camaro that also appears to be running, then up onto the curb.

Struggling to get going again, the Challenger is a sitting duck as another trooper slams into the side using his cruiser’s push bar. A third trooper comes from the other direction and tries pinning the muscle car, but the driver lays on the accelerator again and the tires finally find traction.

The guy doesn’t get far as he tries driving through some poor person’s front yard. Troopers are all over the Dodge, hitting it repeatedly and tearing the thing up. Our suspect finally gets some sense knocked into him as he stops running and raises his hands up through the open window in surrender.

That’s the first smart move he makes. Too bad he didn’t do that from the very beginning.

Image via State Boyzzz/YouTube