Times Square Riot: Gangs Used Twitter

Twitter Used During Times Square Riot By Some Claiming To Be Part Of Gangs

News of the Easter Sunday violence in Times Square spread via Twitter both during the riot and afterwards, seemingly implicating several Harlem youth gangs in the brutal events of the evening.

The NYPD arrested and issued summonses to a total of 54 people -- seven of them juveniles -- after four people were shot in the Times Square melee, which broke out late Sunday evening, the NYPD said.

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