‘Teen Takeovers’ Are a Growing Problem, and Cities Haven’t a Clue of What to Do About Them – PJ Media– pjmedia.com

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Heather MacDonald, writing in City Journal, tells the story of novelist Scott Johnson having dinner at a restaurant in a mall outside of Richmond, Va., last March, when “hundreds of masked teens in black hoodies rushed past, only abruptly to change direction after receiving phone alerts about a brawl elsewhere in the mall.” Johnson and his wife took shelter in a clothing store until the mall closed after rumors of shots being fired.

Johnson and his wife were terrified. They were victims of the growing urban sport of recreational rioting, or “Teen Takeovers.” These are social media-driven swarms of urban youths who show up without warning and literally lose their minds, committing vandalism, getting into fights, and shooting at each other.