When doing something free in the hood -goes bad!
Rapper/Singer/Actor, Teyana Taylor is coming under much fire after her fourth of July “Harlem BBQ’ reportedly turned violent; resulting in people getting trampled upon while running for their lives. The star, hosted a free barbeque in her native hometown of Harlem, New York. The event took place at Morningside Park and 120th street [ a well known staple park in the community] where well over 400 people gathered around to celebrate the independence holiday.
As night drew , an altercation in the park ensued and shots were fired; and the scene was in immediate chaos shortly after. People were running everywhere – one witness tells ThatPLUM. The female witness went on to say that “she broke two nails, lost her phone, and had ripped clothing after climbing over a fence as she tried to bring herself to safety.”
The post wrote:
A 200-person party hosted by local rapper Teyana Taylor in Morningside Park descended into chaos late yesterday — leaving one cop hurt and a reveler under arrest, police said.
The crowd gathered at around 9 p.m. at West 120th Street and Morningside Avenue and quickly got out of hand, party-goers said on Facebook.“It’s like LA . . . after a riot out here . . . Police everywhere. Helicopters in the sky. Madness,” Aaron Rose posed.
The mob first occupied the park, then moved to the West Side Highway and attempted to climb the fences of Riverbank State Park.
A Housing sergeant injured his shoulder trying to quell the crowd, and a 14-year-old was arrested for firing a gun into the air, police said.
Teyana was verbally thrashed by Morning side Parks administrators yesterday; who wrote about the huge mess that was left behind in the aftermath. Teyana’s manger/mother came to her defense writing:
At this point, I feel the need to step in. (1). There were 1000 other cookouts that took place in Morningside Park yesterday, not only @TEYANATAYLOR ‘s (2) The section in which @TEYANATAYLOR ‘s cookout was in (which was right directly behind the huge tree in the middle) I’m sure the Parks Dept can agree was the cleanest of all other areas, because me personally, along with my people stayed behind for as long as we could to try and clean up the area we were in; however the cops forced us out of the Park and said it was not necessary for us to clean it up, the Parks Dept would handle that. That’s why we left the rest of what we left where it was.
All those other filthy areas throughout the Park and surrounding the section, had absolutely NOTHING to do with @TEYANATAYLOR Therefore, if you’re going to document something, please document that. She will not be held responsible for others who had BBQ’s in the park, and didn’t attempt to clean up behind themselves.
On a serious note, Innocent people could have been killed. To think that you can’t even have a bbq in a public park without gunfire is mind blowing considering the amount of kids and adults that frequent the park.
The violence MUST STOP!