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A showoff stunt that backfired badly. (Photos: Dearborn Police Department, via WDIV)
Who thought this was a bright idea, really?
Chief Issa Shahin: "I couldn't believe that this was happening."
"I couldn’t believe that this was happening next to the police station," Police Chief Issa Shahin of Dearborn tells WDIV, which recounts this recent strangeness:
Three drivers were arrested and their cars were impounded after the Dearborn police chief looked out his office window and saw them doing dangerous "burnouts" right outside the police station.
The stunt happened in full view of security cameras and officers, according to [the chief]. He said the drivers were in the parking lot of the department, basically daring authorities to follow and stop them.
... "I was in my office and I could hear the sounds, and so were some of my other members of the department," Shahin said. "I literally looked out my window and saw these kids doing the burnout right in front of the police station."
People were hanging out the windows of the cars while they sped away, video shows. Shahin said he ran outside and got their license plate numbers.
All three operators were arrested for reckless driving, the station adds, and two of their impounded vehicles were forfeited to police.
