Shocking video shows moment Tesla mows down crowd as driver tries to escape teen mob in Chicago

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October 16, 2023

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Startling video has captured a group of teens kicking and punching out the windows of a Tesla as it tried to escape an out-of-control street takeover in Chicago over the weekend.

Footage posted to Twitter showed a group of young men sitting on top of the vehicle and posing as they took photos on their cellphones Friday, prompting the driver to honk and inch forward in an apparent attempt to get the men off his car.

The group then starts banging on the hood of the white sedan, when a man cries out, Oh s-t.

At that point, the men start to put ski masks over their faces.

The footage then cuts to show two other vehicles doing doughnuts around each other on the other side of the road, as nearly 100 teenagers look on.

With the mob distracted, the Tesla driver tried to ram its way through the crowd, apparently hitting one person, who could be seen rolling on the ground as the car passed by. 6 Video posted online showed a group of young men attacking a white Tesla during a street takeover in Chicago Friday night. CITIZEN 6 The Tesla driver desperately tried to get away from the unruly mob.CITIZEN

It is then that the group tries to chase after the vehicle, which sideswipes a parked gray sedan as it tries to pass through.

As the crowd nears the vehicle, they could be heard screaming, Fk this car up and What the fk bro?

They then start kicking at the vehicle, as the driver inside could be seen filming them. 6 It sideswiped another vehicle as it tried to flee.CITIZEN

The footage then zooms in to show the driver, who was wearing a black beanie, and apparently had another person sitting in the passenger seat.

The driver decides at that point to back up, as at least one hooded man starts punching at the window.

He then accelerates forward, sideswiping a gray sedan as he tries to flee the chaotic scene. 6 A 33-year-old male and a 33-year-old female were inside the vehicle as the group attacked.CITIZEN

At that point, the vehicles side-view mirror is hanging off the car by a thread.

Another video of the incident shows the hooded man jumping over another car to punch out the drivers side window.

After the vehicle sideswipes the car, it continues to drive forward while the unruly crowd tries once again to chase after it. 6 The young mob started to chase after the Tesla as it fled.CITIZEN

But a police officer on the scene tells the teenagers, Hey, back it up, back it up.

The camera then pans to show about half a dozen other police officers watching the crime, as the white Tesla is finally able to break free.

In a statement to the Post, a Chicago Police spokeswoman said a 33-year-old male and a 33-year-old female were “inside a vehicle at the above location when they were approached by several unknown individuals who began to damage the car while the victims remained inside” at around midnight on Friday. 6 A police officer on the scene told the crowd to “back it up” as the car tried to get away.CITIZEN

“The male victim, who was the driver, attempted to flee with the vehicle, subsequently striking a sedan in the 200 block of N. Lower Columbus Drive.”

The area is a hot spot for car demonstrations, in which people drive at fast speeds and are known to make excessive noise, according to the Daily Mail.

No injuries were reported, and no arrests have been made, as police continue to investigate the incident.

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COVID schemes’ fraud and error cost taxpayers £11bn

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December 9, 2025

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COVID schemes' fraud and error cost taxpayers £11bn

COVID-19 fraud and error cost the taxpayer nearly £11bn, a government watchdog has found.

Pandemic support programmes such as furlough, bounce-back loans, support grants and Eat Out to Help Out led to £10.9bn in fraud and error, COVID Counter-Fraud Commissioner Tom Hayhoe’s final report has concluded.

Lack of government data to target economic support made it “easy” for fraudsters to claim under more than one scheme and secure dual funding, the report said.

Weak accountability, bad quality data and poor contracting were identified as the primary causes of the loss.

The government has said the sum is enough to fund daily free school meals for the UK’s 2.7 million eligible children for eight years.

An earlier report from Mr Hayhoe for the Treasury in June found that failed personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts during the pandemic cost the British taxpayer £1.4 billion, with £762 million spent on unused protective equipment unlikely ever to be recovered.

Factors behind the lost money had included government over-ordering of PPE, and delays in checking it.

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COVID schemes’ fraud and error cost taxpayers £11bn

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December 9, 2025

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COVID-19 fraud and error cost the taxpayer nearly £11bn, a government watchdog has found.

Lack of government data to target economic support made it “easy” for fraudsters to claim under more than one scheme and secure dual funding, the report said.

Weak accountability, bad quality data and poor contracting were identified as the primary causes of the loss.

The government has said the sum is enough to fund daily free school meals for the UK’s 2.7 million eligible children for eight years.

Factors behind the lost money had included government over-ordering of PPE, and delays in checking it.

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Luigi Mangione had handgun, silencer and ‘manifesto’ in backpack during arrest, police say

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December 9, 2025

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Luigi Mangione had handgun, silencer and 'manifesto' in backpack during arrest, police say

Police officers found a handgun, a silencer and a red notebook described as a “manifesto” when they arrested Luigi Mangione.

The 27-year-old was arrested in December 2024 and charged with killing UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson in New York City.

Mangione‘s lawyers want to block prosecutors from showing or telling jurors at his eventual trial in Manhattan about statements he allegedly made and items they said police seized from his backpack during his arrest at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania.

The objects include a 9mm handgun prosecutors say matches the one used in the killing, a silencer, a magazine with bullets wrapped in underwear and a notebook in which they say Mangione described his intent to “wack” a healthcare executive.

The defence contends the items should be excluded because police did not get a warrant before searching Mangione’s backpack.

Prosecutors deny claims Mangione was illegally searched and questioned.

They also want to suppress some statements he made to police, such as allegedly giving a false name, because officers asked him questions before telling him he had a right to remain silent.

Last week, Mangione watched surveillance videos of the killing of Mr Thompson, 50, as he walked to a New York City hotel for his company’s annual investor conference.

Mangione has pleaded not guilty to state and federal murder charges.

The state charges carry the possibility of life in prison, while federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

This week’s hearing concerns only the state case, but Mangione’s lawyers want to bar evidence from both cases.

In September, a judge dismissed two terrorism counts against Mangione, finding prosecutors had not presented enough evidence Mangione intended to intimidate health insurance workers or influence government policy.

Trial dates are yet to be set in either the state or federal cases.