Overview
- Brisbane police dispersed hundreds of teens outside a locked Scientology site after a failed “speed run” left a patrol car swarmed, with no arrests reported.
- Police in San Francisco, San Diego, Vancouver and New York logged copycat attempts that produced at least three arrests and minor injuries to church staff.
- Scientology’s lawyer warned the Dare Market app over a $1,000 “speed run” dare tied to an April Los Angeles rush, citing safety risks and potential liability.
- Platforms removed related videos as TikTok cited rules against promoting crime, and an LAPD hate‑crimes unit reviewed the April Hollywood incident.
- The trend riffs on video‑game “speedrunning,” sending youths racing into church buildings for viral clips, which participants frame as prank protest and the church labels trespass.