# @newsday on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXZeNf5iXu6
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64454936-newsday-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-21T15:01:51.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Newsday • Long Island News (@newsday) — https://gondola.cc/newsday

## Caption

Staying one step ahead of the proliferation of large-scale meetups organized on social media that descend into violence has become a challenge for police on Long Island and NYC, law enforcement experts say.

The most recent example occurred when a 15-year-old boy was killed and two men were wounded at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow during what Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder described as a "so-called barbecue" for members of "a Blood gang group" that had been promoted on social media.

And the shooting comes amid a wave of social media-inspired gatherings in recent years on Long Island that quickly transformed from mundane to chaotic, including a "takeover" of Green Acres Mall and huge crowds of youths that assembled in separate incidents at Jones Beach and Long Beach that turned violent.

More at the link in bio. (Photo: Jim Staubitser)
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