The town of Blythewood’s “Movies in the Park” is a small event that local leaders have described as intimate and family-friendly.
This year, though, things got out of hand. At the first event on March 15, a “pop-up party,” a large gathering of teens that sparks within minutes following invites on social media, brought hundreds to the event, and fights broke out, Mayor Pro-Tem Donald Brock said.
“When I showed up before this happened that Saturday night, you could just kind of feel the tension in the air,” Brock said. “Something just felt off.”…