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New Woe for a Jittery N.Y.C.: Illegal Fireworks Going Off All Night (Published 2020)
The city received 1,737 fireworks complaints in the first half of June, 80 times as many as it got in the same period last year.
www.nytimes.com
What’s Up With All These Fireworks?
Some say bored young people, others say elaborate psy-ops.
www.thecut.com
Boredom, sound waves, police? The US fireworks mystery and its many theories
Thousands of complaints about the noise have been called in from Ohio to Aurora to California, Boston to New York
www.theguardian.com
Protesters in Boston are setting off fireworks all night every night. And it's working. - Penelope Trunk Careers
Right after George Floyd was killed, there were fireworks in my neighborhood. All night long. I live in Roxbury, on a sliver of Boston between two gang territories. So I assumed the noise was gunshots. But a few days later, fireworks actually lit up the sky. At 1am. 2am. 3am. By the end of May, […]
blog.penelopetrunk.com
What the Hell is Going on With the Nonstop Fireworks, Every Single Night?
Every night for at least three weeks now – Fireworks. Loud bangs and explosions, beginning at 8 p.m. or 9 p.m. and going until midnight or later. It’s been everywhere in Philadelphia, and worse than normal. These explosions are bigger and louder and they’re taking place weeks before the Fourth...
www.crossingbroad.com
Are you hearing fireworks every night? You're not alone.
As fireworks explode across the U.S., theories abound over reasons why. Some say they're a form of protest, others blame the police, while some attribute it to quarantine boredom. Some retailers already report a 200% increase in sales compared to last year.
www.csmonitor.com
Police Investigating Illegal Use Of Fireworks Across Baltimore City
It's common to see fireworks light up the sky on the Fourth of July, but some people say they've been seeing illegal fireworks going off in the Baltimore area all throughout the night.
baltimore.cbslocal.com
Seems to be some kind of coordinated effort to disturb and terrify millions of Americans coast to bloody coast. Please discuss. In my area, according to posts on Nextdoor Digest for our communities (which I will not re-post here), in a number of cases smoldering fireworks debris has landed in folks' yards and in one case, on someone's roof. This isn't funny, it's not a joke, and it's got nothing to do with the Fourth.