Colin Flaherty: Italians Riot at Italian Festival. My Bad. It's Blacks - Decline of Skating Rinks

Italians Riot at Italian Festival. My Bad. It's Blacks - Decline of Skating Rinks 2018 #dmtbka DMTBKA Colin Flaherty Commentary Video "Business owners concerned after surveillance video shows teens fighting at Warren Italian Fest" " Second shooting in 4 months at VFW 'Too Much'" "Identity of person killed outside American Legion released 1 killed, 2 critical" "Two arrested at Palm Springs VillageFest following robbery and pepper spray incident" "From elite athletes to rioting teens: The colorful history of roller-skating in Delaware"

Posted: Aug 13, 2018 4:15 PM CDT
Updated: Aug 20, 2018 10:28 PM CDT
By Brandon Koziol, Multi-Media Producer
WARREN, Ohio -
New surveillance video from INFI in Warren shows the fight that broke out near where the Italian festival was taking place Sunday.

Four Warren teenagers were arrested and are now facing disorderly conduct charges following the fight that started around 10 p.m. near Courthouse Square.

Businessman Gregg Bartholomew said he saw about 75 kids congregate, then ten to 15 kids began fighting.

By: Rachel Russell
Posted: Jul 29, 2018 02:15 AM EDT
Updated: Jul 31, 2018 08:09 AM EDT
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - 40-year-old Michael Carter was shot to death at an American Legion post on Fort Wayne's east side early Sunday in a shooting that also left two others hurt.

A witness told NewsChannel 15 that Carter was shot in the eye, before being shot multiple times.

Nicole Hayden, Palm Springs Desert Sun Published 8:11 a.m. PT Aug. 10, 2018 | Updated 12:51 p.m. PT Aug. 10, 2018
Palm Springs VillageFest ended with two arrests Thursday night following a robbery and pepper spray incident just before 10 p.m.

Jessica Bies, Delaware News Journal Published 10:13 a.m. ET Sept. 20, 2018 | Updated 3:57 p.m. ET Sept. 20, 2018
The history of roller-skating in Delaware is an unusual one, closely tied to a single family's legacy in the First State and marred by a series of gang fights and brawls at rinks originally built to train world-class athletes how to skate.

It's a hard fall from grace for a facility that once trained champion roller-skaters and has been open for more than 50 years.

Roller-skating rinks nationwide have earned bad reputations, too. As the industry changed and evolved, they came to be considered as places for cheap recreation, versus venues for graceful exercise. Teens would come and hang out unchaperoned, sometimes after having a few drinks.

At the time, Elsmere Police Chief Pat Ramone said Sundays were especially troublesome because people from other nearby states would come to skate and "conflicts would develop." For a time, patrons were even checked for weapons before being allowed inside.

There was also a confrontation at the Elsmere Skate Center involving the infamous Yea Yo Boys gang, charged in the slaying of a Wilmington rap musician in the 1980s. About 150 gang members battled in the parking lot, while as many as 800 spectators watched, according to police reports of the incident.

In 1992, a large fight at the Christiana Skating Center made headlines when police broke up an unruly crowd of about 300 young people, and a teenage girl from Newark was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.