Chicago Teens on ‘Takeovers,’ Curfews, and Lost Community Spaces — Investigative Project on Race and Equity

Chicago teens on ‘takeovers,’ curfews, and lost community spaces — Investigative Project on Race and Equity

A summer of viral Chicago gatherings, arrests and City Council debate has renewed old questions about race, public space and who gets to be young in public.

Rabid Teens Turn Midtown McDonald’s Into War Zone In Latest ‘Teen Takeover’, Massive Fight Inside McDonald's Sends Customers Panicking

A pack of out-of-control juveniles turned a busy MidDonald’s in the heart of Midtown into a full-blown brawl zone over the weekend, hurling punches, leaping over tables and swinging a giant Meal Deal sign like a weapon while stunned customers scrambled for cover. Shocking video circulating online shows the absolute mayhem erupting inside the McDonald’s at 1651 Broadway and West 51st Street, steps from the Winter Garden Theatre. Young men in stre…