{"id":1990161,"date":"2023-08-03T18:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T22:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/large-teen-gatherings-are-turning-violent-in-chicago-the-mayor-is-upset-theyre-being-labeled-a-mob\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T18:43:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T22:43:42","slug":"large-teen-gatherings-are-turning-violent-in-chicago-the-mayor-is-upset-theyre-being-labeled-a-mob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/large-teen-gatherings-are-turning-violent-in-chicago-the-mayor-is-upset-theyre-being-labeled-a-mob\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago&#8217;s large teen gatherings are becoming violent, upsetting the mayor who disagrees with the term &#8216;mob&#8217; being used."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flarge-teen-gatherings-are-turning-violent-in-chicago-the-mayor-is-upset-theyre-being-labeled-a-mob%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1990161&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>Large Groups \u200dof Teenagers Cause\u2064 Chaos in Chicago \u2064Streets<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Over the\u2063 summer, \u200bthe \u2064streets of Chicago have witnessed large gatherings of teenagers, known as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/text-alert-system-launches-to-warn-chicago-of-future-teen-takeovers\/\" title=\"Text Alert System Launches To Warn Chicago Of Future \u2018Teen Takeovers\u2019\">teen takeovers<\/a>,&#8221; which often escalate into violent\u200c incidents. However, Mayor Brandon \u2062Johnson seems more concerned about \u200dthe terminology used to describe these groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mayor Johnson, who took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-prosecutor-probing-attempts-to-influence-2020-election\/\" title=\"Georgia Prosecutor Probing Attempts to Influence 2020 Election\">office earlier<\/a> \u2063this year, has been touting his &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/super-bowl-champ-on-founding-a-catholic-school-plan-to-tweak-education\/\" title=\"Super Bowl Champ On Founding A Catholic School, Plan To \u2018Tweak\u2019 Education\">unique approach<\/a>&#8221; to engaging with Chicago&#8217;s youth amidst the wave of issues caused by these teenage crowds. Following another &#8220;teen\u200d takeover&#8221; last weekend, where 40 youths were arrested for fighting and looting a convenience store, \u2063Mayor Johnson defended the arrests and praised the \u2063police \u2062officers&#8217; &#8220;sensitivity and patience&#8221; \u200din handling the situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According\u2062 to Mayor Johnson, the police made efforts to engage with\u2064 the young people and community partners, providing ample warning. He emphasized that his administration is different, aiming to treat\u200c people with dignity and care.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, Mayor Johnson expressed dissatisfaction with the term &#8220;mob&#8221; being used to describe the rowdy teenagers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He \u2063stated, \u2062&#8221;That&#8217;s not appropriate. We&#8217;re not talking about mob actions. We have to be careful when we use \u2064language to describe certain behavior. There&#8217;s a history in this city, and, I mean, to refer to children \u200das like baby Al Capones is not appropriate.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Teen Takeovers and\u200c the Impact on Chicago<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These gatherings of teenagers have occurred on numerous\u2064 occasions throughout the city, with incidents of \u2063looting stores and vandalizing \u200bparked vehicles. The organization of these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/large-teen-gatherings-are-turning-violent-in-chicago-the-mayor-is-upset-theyre-being-labeled-a-mob\/\" title=\"Chicago's large teen gatherings are becoming violent, upsetting the mayor who disagrees with the term 'mob' being used.\">events primarily takes place<\/a> through social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In June, hundreds of teens brought chaos to the Lakeview neighborhood,\u2063 shutting down a main street for six hours. Despite residents&#8217;\u2062 calls to 911, the overwhelmed police\u2062 force struggled to respond effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grace Rohen, \u200da resident of Lakeview, described the situation as terrifying, mentioning that gunshots were even heard during the teen takeover. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-political-director-rick-klein-calls-for-cleansing-pro-trump-movement\/\" title=\"ABC Political Director Rick Klein calls for \u2018cleansing\u2019 pro-Trump movement\">expressed concern<\/a> about the drastic changes she has witnessed in \u200cher neighborhood over the past few years.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple times over the summer, large groups of teenagers have gathered in Chicago&#8217;s streets for coordinated &#8220;teen takeovers&#8221; that often escalate into violence. However, Mayor Brandon Johnson, a leftist elected earlier this year, is worried about labeling these groups as a &#8220;mob.&#8221; He proudly boasts about his distinctive strategy to engage with Chicago&#8217;s youth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":1990162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1990161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1990161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1990162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1990161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1990161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1990161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}