Oakland's Most Pervasive Crime is Also Its Dumbest

Ignored by the city, residents are battling "sideshow" stunt driving on their own

I wrote this story for UnHerd, a UK publication (thus the British spellings). With their permission, I’m making it available to paid Social Studies subscribers.

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Juan Salcedo was fed up with the endless stunt driving outside his front door. Day and night, young men took over the intersection in front of his house and did doughnuts, sometimes for hours on end. At around five in the morning, Salcedo, a bearded, middle-aged homeowner, walked outside and confronted the drivers, asking them to cut it out. One of them pulled a gun on him and said, “This is Oakland. Go back inside.”