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Newport Beach — a city where the average home costs $3 million — had 400 people arrested on Fourth of July weekend after mobs looted stores, threw fireworks at police officers, and required equestrian backup units. The unruly crowd started fighting at 7:30 PM; police were overwhelmed before fireworks even began.
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Newport Beach — synonymous with wealth, safety, and the show The OC — had 400 people arrested on Fourth of July weekend, with fights starting as early as 7:30 PM before fireworks even began. [1] — Tom Ellsworth "Newport Beach — a city where the average home costs $3 million — had 400 people arrested on Fourth of July weekend after mobs looted stores…" 19:50 Tom Ellsworth, a former Newport Beach resident, describes the surreal quality of recognizing the streets in riot footage. Vinny Oshea connects it to the nationwide teen-takeover trend, where mobs rally on Instagram and Snapchat to descend on a location and cause chaos. Adam Sosnick frames it as the natural leak of California's political culture into even its wealthiest enclaves. The key moral Tom draws: law enforcement didn't ruin the Fourth — the rioters did, and law enforcement was simply left to clean up the mess.
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