Unruly mob shifts their attention to officer in vehicle, attempting to break into her car and drag her out.
Disturbing footage out of Fairfax County, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., shows the moment a street takeover mob attacked a police cruiser, terrifying a female officer who had responded to the event.
The Washington Examiner has the story behind the officer’s unnerving dash cam footage:
Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis shared the details of the attack that took place early Easter Sunday morning on the officer’s vehicle as she called in for help.
The unidentified officer spotted the group doing donuts in an industrial area parking lot in Springfield, Virginia. When she approached the crowd in her vehicle, the large crowd surrounded her, shaking the police cruiser and attempting to break into the doors.
“A huge crowd is hitting my car. I need units to expedite,” the police officer is heard saying in a video recording played at a Fairfax County police press conference on Wednesday.
Davis said that the videos show the perpetrators “trying to open her car doors” and were “a bunch of masked tough guy wannabe thugs.”
“I believe they fully intended to drag her out of that car, but thankfully, they didn’t get into the car and she escaped unharmed,” he said.
Davis added, “This is not going to happen again in Fairfax County.”
The attack comes as the nation’s capital has seen a rise in violent crime, including murders, carjackings and robberies, under the Biden administration.
