Brooklyn Park car gathering with ‘hundreds of vehicles’ dispersed by police

The Brief

  • Brooklyn Park police say they broke up a car gathering that involved hundreds of vehicles on Saturday night.
  • A smaller group in a park-and-ride lot was later found by patrolling officers and dispersed.
  • Police say roads were blocked while police dispersed the crowds.

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (FOX 9) A car gathering with hundreds of vehicles at a vacant business parking lot in Brooklyn Park was dispersed by police on Saturday night.

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The Brooklyn Park Police Department said it responded to a “very large car gathering” at a vacant business lot just after 9 p.m.

Police say they dispersed the gathering, which “involved hundreds of vehicles,” after many engaged in “reckless driving behavior” and caused “noise disturbances by revving their engines.”

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