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Video shows teens take over Chicago streets as mayor warns of ‘trends’ that can turn ‘deadly’
Fox News ^ | 4/07/26 | Sarah Rumpf-Whitten

Posted on 04/07/2026 5:34:58 AM PDT by Libloather

Hundreds of young people filled the streets and sidewalks in Chicago last week in what Mayor Brandon Johnson is calling "teen trends" that he warned can turn deadly.

Video, obtained by Fox News from ChitownCrimeChasers, showed the teens filling streets and sidewalks on March 30, clustering around parked vehicles and moving through intersections.

Other footage from that night captured different individuals dancing and socializing in the city's streets, while other moments showed people climbing on cars and brief altercations within the crowd.

In Hyde Park, residents say the March 30 takeover lasted for hours late into the night.

One resident, Jason Hale, said his car was among roughly 30 affected by crowds in Chicago that night.

"Yeah, it’s bad. The hood is messed up, terrible. A thousand worth of damage, dents everywhere, footprints everywhere," Hale told FOX 32 Chicago.

Video shows groups of teens standing and moving on top of parked vehicles as crowds formed around them.

Chicago police confirmed to the local outlet that three curfew violations were issued in connection with the gathering. A 16-year-old girl was also charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and disorderly conduct.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Local News; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: anarchotyranny; chicago; deadly; democratincompetence; managedanarchy; mayor; negritude; riots; softoncrime; teentrends; trends

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Water cannons. I really like water cannons.
1 posted on 04/07/2026 5:34:58 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Sad. Property damaging uncivilized collectives. The individuals go on to destroy their own property?


2 posted on 04/07/2026 5:43:49 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Libloather

“Youths” have been taking over streets in Richmond for years. Largely white anarchist types emboldened by BLM protests that tore down statues, they use bicycles to mass in intersections on command from social media. My daughter had to warn me which areas to avoid.

When a coffee shop owner complained in a letter to the mayor, the “youths” smashed his windows.

Black kids use dirt bikes or e-bikes for this.


3 posted on 04/07/2026 5:44:45 AM PDT by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: Libloather

Chicago = Chimpland

When it’s democrat controlled cities it’s always the same result it’s as nasty as it can get.


4 posted on 04/07/2026 5:57:48 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: AppyPappy

I think the term “criminal youths” is the proper designation,,,,not just “youths”.


5 posted on 04/07/2026 5:58:37 AM PDT by volare737 ( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated.)
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To: volare737

What ever happened to arresting perps? Hold these people accountable for their actions.


6 posted on 04/07/2026 6:11:58 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Libloather

Why is he complaining?
I thought he said jails are racist
Violence is a social construct
If you let criminals run amok, this what you get.


7 posted on 04/07/2026 6:18:00 AM PDT by 1ScrappyArmyMom
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To: hal ogen

“What ever happened to arresting perps? Hold these people accountable for their actions.”

With all due respect my friend, your comment is unbelievably naive.

Allowing this behavior is by design.

After all, we’re talking about a city that local leaders believe a college student getting shot in the head by an illegal was HER fault for “being in the wrong place at the wrong time”.


8 posted on 04/07/2026 6:22:39 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
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To: 1ScrappyArmyMom

People of chicango voted their way into this......let ‘em vote their way out of it.

But they won’t.....the ones that can will move to states like mine and eventually EFF it up.


9 posted on 04/07/2026 6:26:36 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
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To: Libloather

This make me soooo happppyyyy! Seeing voters get what they voted for. More please.


10 posted on 04/07/2026 6:34:53 AM PDT by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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different individuals dancing and socializing

Yeah, that's right. They're dancing and socializing.

11 posted on 04/07/2026 6:36:07 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Libloather

Just Soap and Water will do they’ll run


12 posted on 04/07/2026 6:38:32 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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Dearest 'Teens':

If you tried it in Florida, better ask your parents to get an insurance policy for you. Do it in my neighborhood and we will drive over you...

13 posted on 04/07/2026 6:40:08 AM PDT by DeplorableTrumpSupporter (FKA ConservaTeen)
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“Water cannons. I really like water cannons.”

Dyed with the color international orange mixed with orange smoke and orange bear spray.


14 posted on 04/07/2026 6:44:58 AM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The dawn cracks hard like a bull whip and it ain't takin' no lip from the night before" Tom Waits)
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Anarcho-tyranny in action. What we see in Chicago is repeated in Democrat run cities from Boston to Los Angeles, and from Seattle to Savannah. America's cities have with few exceptions become dangerous to the residents, at least those who cannot afford the best neighborhoods. They have become increasingly economically unviable, as taxes and regulations make it harder for businesses, large and small, to make a profit.
15 posted on 04/07/2026 6:45:48 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: Libloather

The mayor is sounding like ICE and the POTUS.
Is he now against the 1st amendment? Is he saying that destroying personal property has legal consequences?


16 posted on 04/07/2026 6:48:50 AM PDT by JCM
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To: V_TWIN

they can’t - because we don’t have honest elections and because the people of chicago have been replaced / overrun / disenfranchised by foreign peoples who shouldn’t even be here.


17 posted on 04/07/2026 6:56:54 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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Mayor Brandon Johnson is calling "teen trends" that he warned can turn deadly.

What he's really saying is: "Don't make the black kids angry."

18 posted on 04/07/2026 8:15:17 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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Mayor Brandon Johns on is calling "teen trends" that he warned can turn deadly.

Let's see how "deadly" trends are going in Chicago - as in the murder rate:

2026:

Year to Date:

Shot & Killed: 97

Shot & Wounded: 308

Total Shot: 405

Total Homicides: 107

And this is before the summer killing season.

19 posted on 04/07/2026 8:18:46 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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Teens..... Again another instance we can see their age but not what they look like.

Call it what it is. Feral blacks reverting to their African ways.


20 posted on 04/07/2026 8:23:36 AM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden )
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