But when police attempted to disperse the crowd, which was estimated at 100, people refused to leave.
The officers got out of their vehicle to encourage the crowd to leave, but the crowd climbed onto the patrol car and surrounded the police officers.
When backup units arrived, the illegal street racing crowd jumped in their vehicles and attempted to leave. Police managed to block some of them from leaving and issued 23 summonses, mostly for racing, promoting street racing and reckless driving, Wallace-Scalcione said. Of the 23 people, more than half were from New York and Pennsylvania, and none were from Jersey City.
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