Daily Wire contributor Leona Salinas recounts her firsthand experience at a violent 'teen takeover' in Washington, D.C., organized by the city's Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), where hundreds of Black teenagers gathered for so-called 'hype night' events that consistently devolve
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