Thousands of young people flooded Raleigh’s Brier Creek and Glenwood South areas over the July Fourth weekend, leaving police to respond to shootings, fights, arrests, and recovered firearms.
As similar gatherings continue across the state, North Carolina cities are facing growing pressure to crack down on large, social-media-driven youth gatherings known as “teen takeovers.”
The gatherings continue to draw concern from local officials as crowds of teenagers converge on downtown areas, parks, and nightlife districts, with some incidents escalating into fights, gunfire, arrests, and curfew violations…