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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.
Authorities in California were forced to shut down businesses from Newport Pier to Pacific Coast Highway due to non-residents wreaking havoc on July 4th.
Hundreds of people reportedly swarmed police officers and threw debris at them before fighting each other.
Newport Beach… pic.twitter.com/fWjZZpzgaU
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 5, 2026
🚨OH. MY. GOSH!!!
I received this video of a “teen takeover” that occurred in Chicago.
They are literally BURNING CARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET and BLOCKING TRAFFIC.
Will ANYONE be arrested for this?!!!!
This looks like a 3rd world country, not America… pic.twitter.com/am4Gbm4QR0
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) May 8, 2026