If You're Now Terrified of Teen Takeovers, Blame the Pandemic
They locked kids inside for two years. Now the bill is due. Teen takeovers are exploding, Tampa, Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee. 22 arrested at Curtis Hixon Park, some as young as 12. Cities are throwing curfews at the problem. It won't work, because nobody's asking WHY. The Real Story: teen hopelessness up 62%. A generation stripped of school, sports, and structure then handed a phone and an audience. This is the psychology of the mob, the fallout of lockdowns, and the one fix nobody's talking about. No excuses for the behavior. But if you don't understand the cause, you'll never stop it.
This…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.