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Bronx DA, Electeds & Biz Owners Ask Social Media Companies to Help Curb “Teen Takeovers”
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark, along with other Bronx elected officials and business owners, has urgently requested TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, and YouTube to take proactive measures to prevent the spread of content that encourages riots and other unsafe mass gatherings, in light of the violent takeover of The Mall at Bay Plaza on Presidents’ Day.
Deputy Inspector Asif Iqbal Appointed as New Commanding Officer of the 52nd Precinct
UPDATE Van Cortlandt Village: No Injuries Reported after Car Crashes into Scaffolding Amid Snowstorm
UPDATE Eighteen in Custody after Organized “Takeover” of The Mall at Bay Plaza by Teens Results in Chaos
Eighteen people were taken into custody on Monday, Feb. 16, police said, after an estimated one hundred to five hundred teens participated seemingly in an organized “takeover” of The Mall at Bay Plaza in the Baychester section of The Bronx. When contacted for details of the charges, the NYPD said the details of any charges / summonses were not yet available.
