I heard this reference a couple times, and i'm probably misremembering the exact phrasing.
I'm not trying to be political here, but the context was the riots across the US.
Thanks.
This may be what you're thinking about but there have been other instances at protests:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpBEvjANZngTeenagers who live in places where the winters are hard sometimes do doughnuts on ice for fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcVx9XZrpdUThe usual verb is "do" rather than "make". They were doing doughnuts in the parking lot and hit a light pole. "Making doughnuts" usually refers to literal edible doughnuts.