As anybody who has seen the film is aware of: The primary rule about “Fight Club” is that you do not discuss “Fight Club.”
However Lengthy Island investigators are speaking about it after breaking one up, as a result of gunfire broke out when somebody introduced extra than simply their fists to one of many brawls.
The unauthorized so-called battle membership was staged Sunday within the again portion of a Brookhaven city park, in response to Suffolk County police. Video from the occasion was posted on a social media web page belonging to one of many organizers.
“We were promoting guns down, gloves up. It’s not a fight club,” stated Malachi Leftenant.
The 19-year-old stated he used flyers to advertise the occasion on-line. And despite the fact that he was among the many 13 arrested Sunday, Leftenant stated the occasion’s goal was very totally different from what police describe.
“To stop street violence and bring the youth together and bring the community together,” he stated.
However Suffolk County Police Chief William Doherty stated there’s all the time danger when large teams come collectively, and that is what occurred Sunday.
“Anytime you get a large gathering of people, things can go wrong,” he stated.
Through the boxing occasion, a battle outdoors of the makeshift ring erupted. One individual fired a gun with blanks, and two teenagers had been injured.
“It was just a tragic event, a tragic event that happened. That should have never happened because we don’t promote any of that,” stated Leftenant.
Police at the moment are investigating to see if the organizers’ actual intent was to stage the preventing for content material that could possibly be used to earn a living on social media.
“People are tired of this stupidity,” stated Brookhaven City Supervisor Dan Panico, who believes the incident demonstrates how the push to create social media content material can hurt folks — and must cease.
“People need to steer away from this criminal nonsense because if no one watched it, they wouldn’t make any money,” Panico stated.
However Letenant contends that not what the occasion was about.
“That’s not what I was here for. I wasn’t here to promote gang violence. I was here to promote the peace,” the teenager stated.
