Teen takeovers are the predictable result of an elite culture that excuses public disorder and crime as a reaction to white supremacy.
— Heather Mac Donald (@HMDatMI) July 17, 2026
That excuse has weakened the criminal justice system, especially the juvenile justice system, and has led to the unwillingness to impose… pic.twitter.com/SPeVEAo55C
They ended up closing down the whole shopping center because these kids went nuts. But this is part of the pattern that you're writing about, isn't it?
00:08. Right. I mean, for decades, the elites have been excusing black crime. I'm going to be very upfront. This is a race issue that we're talking about here in the name of fighting social injustice, systemic racism. They've been telegraphing the message that it's okay to steal, it's okay to assault police officers because you are victims of white oppression, and the juvenile justice system has been becoming more and more lenient. Prosecutors in more conservative jurisdictions that are in blue States just despair at the state rules that are being imposed upon them that basically make it impossible to impose any consequences on teens. And as a result, there's a sense of being able to wreak havoc with impunity. And then what happens after a teen takeover? You know, this has been something that's got the media's attention, then there's a whole new set of justifications, even more preposterous than the usual ones that come up.
