Car community concerned about recent push to crush vehicles [Video]

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — The mayor of Louisville and a top Kentucky lawmaker want to turn cars used in street racing events into pancakes to deter the activity.

“The fact that it would be crushed, would prohibit it from the beginning,” Rep. Jason Nemes said, R-Middletown.

Mayor Craig Greenberg went public with this idea at a press conference on Sept. 17, about two weeks after a video made the rounds on social media of dozens of people shutting down an intersection at the entrance to Iroquois Park. A 24-year-old was arrested for jumping on a Louisville Metro Police (LMPD) police car as it reversed away from the scene.

“Not everyone’s out here trying to do takeovers. There is good that comes out of this community,” Nicole said, who organized …