In reference to the woman’s car being destroyed, Foley told WTNH that street takeovers are terrifying enough and that it’s “very, very scary to happen surrounded by 10 to 20 people attacking the car and jumping on it.”
The woman’s daughter launched a GoFundMe in relation to the car’s destruction, saying the street takeover “blocked the intersection, and they were just trying to drive home. The mob of people destroyed my mom’s car. It’s totaled. For no reason. Anything helps. This car brought my mom so much happiness, and that was taken from her last night. In her home town. For no reason.”
Foley added to the station that the takeover was so large that an ambulance call had to be delayed because the Exit 68 ramp and Merrow Road were blocked.
“I think it’s extremely irresponsible,” Sean Mathieu of Tolland told WTNH. “Obviously, they’re kids, they don’t know what they’re doing, but at the same time, you respect other people’s property.”
Foley added to WFSB that state police decided to stand down in the face of the street takeover.
[They’re not “kids,” they know what they’re doing, and they know that law enforcement won’t do anything to protect other citizens and enforce the law. When police won’t react to mass violence, don’t be surprised when people take matters into their own hands. — Ed]
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