'Teens'....lol
Maybe they were just still protesting
MEMPHIS, Tenn. A teenager was arrested and charged after police say he attacked a family out on the riverfront enjoying their Fourth of July holiday.
It happened around 8:15 p.m. in the 200 block of Riverside Drive.
A witness to the incident told police he was up on a hill when he saw a 15-year-old boy throw fireworks into a crowd of people. The group was made up of at least two adults and several children, police noted in their report.
The firework hit a man in the group and he went to confront the teen. That's when the suspect reportedly began to assault the victim. He allegedly hit the victim multiple times in the face before three other suspects joined in.
The woman that was with the victim told police that two members of the group then turned on her. She claimed she was also punched about the face and body multiple times.The children were not hurt.
Police said a 15-year-old was taken to Juvenile Court and charged with assault and disorderly conduct.
"We're trying to get food at the food trucks and we just kept
witnessing fireworks being thrown into crowds of people and I kept seeing moms with their little babies running and dragging their babies and these weren't like little firecrackers. These were big fireworks," she said.
Then one of the fireworks was thrown at her family. Raley's 6-year-old daughter in the area at the time.
The mom had enough and went up to one of the teens asking what his problem was.
"I told him he was going to hurt someone and
they were throwing fireworks at babies. "Shortly after, her boyfriend followed.
"We were just trying to talk to them. I was going to be able to identify them and then go tell the cops."
But before that could happen she says someone came from behind and punched her boyfriend in the head.
From there others jumped in too, Raley trying to pull them off, they began attacking her as well.
The beating went on until witnesses and police were able to break everything up.
https://wreg.com/2019/07/05/juvenile-charged-after-attacking-family-celebrating-the-fourth-of-july-on-the-riverfront/