By Zoe Hussain
A massive swarm of young street racers took over an Atlanta intersection in the middle of the night Sunday, where they did donuts, drifted and raced one another in the wild melee, dramatic footage shows.
Police were dispatched to the intersection at 1:30 a.m. for a crowd gathered around cars “driving recklessly, blocking the roadway from citizen motorists, laying drag, and performing illegal drifting maneuvers, also known as ‘donuts,’” according to the Atlanta Police Department.
Cops arrived to find over 200 people participating in the street racing. Video showed the crowd standing in a circle around the intersection with their cellphones out to record as vehicles sped by and created tire tracks on the roadway.
Bodycam footage released by the department captured officers running up to the rowdy crew as some attempted to flee on foot and others sped off in their cars.
“You better stop before I taze!” one officer yelled as he ran after a suspect into a nearby parking lot — eventually cuffing him and throwing him in the back of a police cruiser.
