Mystery Fireworks Display in downtoen LA Jan 22, 2024

[displayfireworks1]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7meN1U1pBk
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o03clkCfYFk
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These three guys did a hit and run. Check out the labels in the second video. That looks like some overloaded stuff. LOL Word is immediately after the display they took off.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QefD0-qiJpU

[Mattp]

that is insane!!! those definitely have some extra bang... but any firework would be an "illegal display" there

[RalphieJ]

Street gangs control the illegal fireworks trade in California, like the Mafia once did in the Northeast. I believe this may have been a show of force of some type, their "sending a message".

[KDirk]

Interesting to me that while what was shown in spent cakes was consumer packaged product, the video footage shows what looks like a lot of color tail to thunder (snowball) type breaks. So, apparently not legit consumer 1.4, but something more akin to 1.4 AP in retail dress. Funny how that happened...

[displayfireworks1]

Word is as soon as this fireworks display started they took off. If they did what looked like three positions on a long fuse that is impressive. I have been trying to find pictures of the parking lot where they shot to see if there are any electric match wires or not. I can’t seem to find any post display pictures. It looked to coordinated for a long fuse.

[KDirk]

There was some footage in the one news report that showed a few spent cakes, but nothing I could see either in terms of evidence ematch was used. I surmise this done off a hand lit fuse. Which means it would've taken a bit of time to set up. Also there was a discrepancy in the duration. One report stated 30 minutes others put at about 5 minutes based on the remarks of some of those they interviewed. I'm inclined to think it was closer to 5. A half hour of continuous fire would've required a LOT of product, and a lot of setup for that matter.