40 years ago, San Francisco lowriders organized to fight police harassment — and won
"At one point it was bumper to bumper for 20 blocks. It was like a parade every Friday and Saturday night," Roberto Hernandez said. "It was something that the police just weren't able to manage."
Growing up in San Francisco's Mission District, Roberto Hernandez loved zoot suits. He loved art, too. It was only a matter of time before he started lowriding.
"It was in my DNA," Hernandez said.
As soon as he could, he bought his neighbor's 1964 Chevy Impala and began to cruise "low and slow."
Hernandez was drawn to the elaborate paintings on the hoods and trunks of other lowriders, which had lowered bodies that hovered just above the street,and the hydraulic systems that made them bounce a few feet off the ground. He remembers the "joy of being able to cruise with
