BLYTHEWOOD – Saturday night’s Movies in the Park event in Blythewood’s Doko Park started like prior Movies in the Park events – with parents sitting on blankets with their children, laughing and talking, playing games, playing with their dogs, and munching on snacks as they wait for the movie to start at sundown.
In the past, the Movies in the Park have ended happily. But Saturday’s event did not.
About 30 minutes into the movie, teen fighting – that began about 8:15 p.m., before the movie started – broke out in earnest about 9 p.m. Multiple Richland County patrol cars arrived with sirens wailing and blue lights flashing, shattering the peace that had been a fun, family movie night. Parents, who had been watching ‘The Incredibles’ with their children, were suddenly fearful for their family’s safety, grabbing their kids and belongings, rushing to their cars, and leaving the park…