Teen takeover devolves into wild brawl inside DC Chipotle as feds promise to charge ignorant parents

A “teen takeover” dissolved into a violent brawl inside a Washington, DC restaurant, according to a viral video shared online mere days after federal prosecutors announced they would be charging parents of the miscreants involved in similar public disruptions.A mob of teenagers descended onto a Chipotle in Washington’s Navy Yard over the weekend and, at some point, started throwing punches — and furniture, according to jarring videos shared by witnesses.People could be heard screaming in the background as the youths vaulted on top of one another, throwing punches at random and even using an abandoned highchair as a makeshift sledgehammer.One teen ran up behind another and hit him over the head with the highchair while a little girl cowered off to the side in her father’s arms, according to witness videos shared online.Some of the teenagers retreated when chairs started flying across the eatery.The combatants largely concealed their faces with medical masks, and all wore similar all-black outfits.While the boys wreaked havoc, a gaggle of girls watched outside the restaurant.Some shrieked when the boys started using furniture as weapons, while others laughed in apparent glee, the footage shows.“Oh my f–king God, bro, damn!” one girl cackled.Then, flashing police lights and sirens reflected in the chain’s window.“The police! Oh, we gotta go!” the same girl screeched while taking off on foot.It’s unclear if any of the brawlers were arrested or the exact date of the fight.On Friday, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced that her office will step in and prosecute parents of minors involved in the increasingly frequent “teen takeovers,” specifically citing similar instances of chaos in the city’s Navy Yard neighborhood.

“We’re going to charge them, and if you drop your kid off and you fail to supervise them or you let them skip school to join the chaos, you are going to face fines, court-ordered clas...