RALEIGH, N.C. — The scene unfolding outside his patrol car at 1:30 a.m. on Sunday startled even the veteran police chief.
“It was chaotic,” Chief Rico Boyce recounted to city leaders at a public meeting days later. “Something I had never seen in my 26 years here at the Raleigh Police Department.”
Authorities had planned for large crowds in North Carolina’s capital over the holiday weekend, Boyce said, but this went beyond that. He described hordes of rowdy young people — police estimated as many as 8,000, many juveniles, many from outside the city — that gathered first in one commercial area, then converged later on another known as Glenwood South.
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Three North Carolina women are facing criminal charges after a “teen-takeover” event at a trampoline park in Raleigh, NC turned violent. One of them brandished a firearm. pic.twitter.com/6tqg0gfp4e
— D. Scott @eclipsethis2003 (@eclipsethis2003) June 5, 2026
🚨#BREAKING: Resident of Raleigh NC are PANICKING after TWO massive “teen takeovers” have ROCKED the city with NINE PEOPLE being sh0t on July 4th weekend.
Over 8,000 “teens” descended on multiple areas of the city and began FIGHTING IN THE STREETS, FIRING WEAPONS, and then… pic.twitter.com/GDC6Mf5Xcx
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) July 6, 2026
DISGUSTING. Savage Attack on Female Cop During SC Teen Takeover
HORRIFYING footage from North Charleston, SC teen takeover: Female police officer brutally beaten by a mob with fists and a stick — “like a pack of wild dogs.” Male officer jumped in to save her. 7 arrests including… pic.twitter.com/V8QeHAkbo0
— Mr Producer (@RichSementa) July 9, 2026
