Jonnifer Neal's Kia was stolen twice in one day -- first from in front of her Chicago home and later from outside the mechanic shop where she took it to get fixed.
But Neal's ordeal didn't end there. After her car was recovered a month later, she was stopped by police twice coming home from work because a police error caused the Optima to remain listed as stolen. The same error resulted in officers waking her up at 3 a.m. another night. On yet another occasion, a swarm of officers pulled her over as she was traveling to Mississippi, handcuffing and placing her in the back of a cruiser for more than an hour.
It's a phenomenon known as performance crime. Police departments in a dozen cities have said it factors into an increase they've seen in juveniles arrested or charged with car thefts. Still, criminology experts caution that the role teens are playing in the theft increases -- which began during the pandemic and aren't limited to Kia and Hyundai -- may be artificially inflated because teenagers inexperienced at crime are more likely to be caught.
"I'm unable to work my job that I love dearly. I'm unable to practice yoga or walk my dogs. I've missed planned trips with friends because of my ongoing rehab. The idea of ever driving again causes me great distress," she wrote in a statement. But some police departments, victims and the automakers also point the finger at social media platforms. Videos posted on YouTube in recent weeks show people breaking into various cars or using a USB cable to hot-wire cars. The company removed the videos when notified by The Associated Press.
"There is no evidence any of these challenges ever 'trended' on TikTok, and there is a clear documented history that many challenges falsely associated with TikTok predate the platform entirely," TikTok spokesperson Ben Rathe said. Like many social platforms, TikTok screens content with a combination of artificial intelligence and human moderators who try to catch whatever AI might miss. A spokesperson said it's easier for technology to spot certain violations, like nudity, than things like teens breaking into cars. The human moderators are a second level of screening when content is questionable.
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