Arrests, curfews and threats to prosecute parents are among the official responses to the so-called teen takeovers of public spaces across the country — but it may not be enough to stem the violence tied to some of the unsanctioned gatherings.
The recent Memorial Day weekend saw a trio of young men wounded in a shooting three blocks from a Monday night teen takeover at Chicago's 57th Street Beach, and five cops injured early Sunday morning when an 18-year-old motorist allegedly mowed them down as they tried to break up a large post-prom gathering in the city's Near West Side neighborhood.
