A downtown alderman is, in a way, saying “told ya so” after a teen trend spun out of control Wednesday night, until police began enforcing the city’s long-established 10 p.m. curfew.
For more than two hours, an estimated 400 people, mostly teenagers, flooded street corners in the Loop as 911 callers reported fights, shoplifting mobs, and other chaos that has become all too familiar in the social media-fueled phenomenon commonly called “teen trends,” though city officials more euphemistically refer to them as “large groups.”
At least three people were taken to hospitals for injuries suffered in attacks on downtown streets during the trend. Chicago police said eight juveniles were arrested and 24 received curfew citations…