Video: Pursuit driver in dead-end spins rear wheels in a cloud of tire smoke.
At one point, the driver could be seen inhaling from a white balloon while behind the wheel.
The truck was boxed in by authorities at Poplar Street and Wilmington Avenue in Compton, with the driver refusing to get out. Sheriff's deputies tossed gas canisters in the back window of the truck in an attempt to get him out, but he hung his head out the window and refused to exit.
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