{"id":2625507,"date":"2026-07-06T11:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-july-4-chaos-as-mounted-officers-storm-ca-beach-400-arrested-stores-looted-by-teens-run-amok\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T11:45:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:45:01","slug":"watch-july-4-chaos-as-mounted-officers-storm-ca-beach-400-arrested-stores-looted-by-teens-run-amok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-july-4-chaos-as-mounted-officers-storm-ca-beach-400-arrested-stores-looted-by-teens-run-amok\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: July 4 Chaos as Mounted Officers Storm CA Beach &#8211; 400 Arrested, Stores Looted by Teens Run Amok"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fwatch-july-4-chaos-as-mounted-officers-storm-ca-beach-400-arrested-stores-looted-by-teens-run-amok%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=2625507&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--><p>On July 4th, amid celebrations of the American independence, a series of violent conflicts erupted in Newport Beach, California. Police responded too widespread chaos including fights, looting, arson, and public disturbances. Over 400 individuals were arrested, with violence escalating as crowds threw fireworks, bottles, and debris at officers, who used mounted patrols to disperse them. The unrest was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-insiders-kamala-harris-bitter-over-bidens-favoritism-toward-white-man-pete-buttigieg\/\" title=\"White House Insiders: Kamala Harris Bitter over Biden&#039;s Favoritism Toward &#039;White Man&#039; Pete Buttigieg\u00a0\">reportedly fueled<\/a> by a so-called &#8220;TikTok Takeover,&#8221; with agitators intent on causing harm. Witnesses described the situation as chaotic and unsafe, with fireworks going off everywhere and businesses being overwhelmed by crowds engaging in underage drinking and yelling. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >officials credited law enforcement efforts<\/a> for managing the situation in an outnumbered scenario and emphasized the disruptive and risky nature of the disturbances that marred the national holiday celebrations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>As millions of Americans celebrated the American dream on the Fourth of July, police battled teens in the latest episode of the California nightmare.<\/p>\n<p>Violence in Newport Beach forced police to shut down businesses from the Newport Pier to the Pacific Coast Highway as they tried to clear the area of fighting, looting, and arson, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/05\/us-news\/california-july-fourth-chaos-stores-looted-police-horses-charge-fires-erupt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Police used mounted officers to clear the crowds, who threw bottles and other objects at them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing an unlawful assembly declaration, more than 350 officers from the Newport Beach Police Department and 17 regional law enforcement agencies worked together to clear the area, disperse the crowd, restore emergency access, and protect residents and visitors,\u201d Newport Beach police said in a press release, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/newport-beach-4th-july-celebration-turns-chaotic-fights-break-fireworks-thrown-officers\/19452371\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KABC-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">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.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of people reportedly swarmed police officers and threw debris at them before fighting each other.<\/p>\n<p>Newport Beach\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fWjZZpzgaU\">pic.twitter.com\/fWjZZpzgaU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/2073793281415360811?\">July 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Police arrested more than 400 people in all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was going crazy,\u201d Rylan Liegeois, who was at the beach at the time, said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/losangeles\/news\/unruly-fourth-of-july-crowd-prompts-police-response-in-newport-beach\/\">CBS News<\/a>. \u201cFireworks were going everywhere. You couldn\u2019t even walk.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Police in Newport Beach say they arrested 402 people during Fourth of July celebrations, and about half of them were taken into custody in a single incident in the Balboa Peninsula on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>The chaos included fireworks, blocked roads, fights and the looting of a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/psJdA8sBeS\">pic.twitter.com\/psJdA8sBeS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ABC7\/status\/2073934964660244571?\">July 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The trouble began at about 7 p.m. as fights began and fireworks were thrown into crowds, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2026-07-05\/newport-beach-july-4-fights-looting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Emily Alcala, 18, of Las Vegas, called the scene terrorizing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">July 4th: Americans celebrate the 250th birthday of this great nation<\/p>\n<p>July 5th: California business owners call their insurance companies to cover all the riot and looting damages <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7odI2xrD1N\">pic.twitter.com\/7odI2xrD1N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheKevinDalton\/status\/2073758460811047014?\">July 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very unsafe to have fireworks popped in the middle of crowds,\u201d Alcala said. \u201cThere was a firework to your left, [then] you run to your right and there was a firework [there]. It was very chaotic. There was no way that you could go that was safe at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mia Meyers, 19, was closing up shop at Sancho\u2019s Tacos when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-boss-is-back-in-town-maga-inc-spox-details-trumps-plan-to-turn-country-around-in-six-months\/\" title=\"&#039;MAGA Inc. 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