A new trend on the TikTok social media platform has led to an 85 percent increase in Hyundai and Kia car thefts in Los Angeles from last year, according to Police Chief Michel Moore.
“I believe it’s influenced by this social media challenge,” Moore told the Los Angeles Police Commission on Aug. 30. “And [the] senselessness of that cannot be overstated. It is important ... to prevent this that we bring this to the public’s attention.”
