Civilization Recedes in Southern California

It isn’t just in South Carolina that civilization cannot be taken for granted. The same goes for California. The New York Post reports:

Fourth of July descended into mayhem across parts of Southern California as unruly crowds overwhelmed packed-out fireworks displays, looted stores, ignited fires and saw cops charge on horseback.

It is safe to say that the hooligans were not celebrating American independence.

The worst unrest erupted in Newport Beach, where Independence Day revelers poured into Orange County, choking traffic and triggering a police response as disorder spread near the pier.

In the extended aftermath of the Black Lives Matter riots, police can barely maintain public order:

Officers were swarmed by hundreds of people who hurled bottles and other debris at them before the crowd turned on one another and began fighting.

Here’s an alarming scene:

Imagine busting your butt off and forking over every last dime to live in Newport Beach, a nice upper-class neighborhood in Orange County, on top of getting raped by California taxes, only for the ghetto enrichment to come crawling right to your doorstep. pic.twitter.com/LgkNWUd9ov

— Lauren Witzke (@LaurenWitzkeDE) July 5, 2026

Progressives will be delighted to see that those trying to run businesses are among the first victims as civilization collapses.

Video from the scene also appeared to show the aftermath of the reported looting of a Pavilions grocery store in Newport Beach, with merchandise strewn across the parking lot while groups of people lingered outside the business, laughing and joking.

Businesses had to be shut down from Newport Pier to the Pacific Coast Highway.

BREAKING #NewportBeach / #California

Pavilions Grocery Store in Newport has been reportedly Looted tonight but the unruly riot mob. pic.twitter.com/O7Q1yjsqMi

— OC Scanner (@OC_Scanner) July 5, 2026

“Teens” were also at play in Long Beach:

It wasn’t just Newport Beach, there was chaos in Long Beach, California yesterday on the 4th of July too

A group of about 200 teens in Long Beach attacked the police, throwing objects at the police, fights broke out

This happened in Long Beach in the Belmont Shore area. Here is… pic.twitter.com/t3x4roeUfH

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) July 6, 2026

The media will have no problem coming up with pretexts to mobilize these mobs as necessary to help Democrats achieve power. Even a Criminal of Color dying of a fentanyl overdose while in police custody could be enough.

On tips from DCGere and Tlabia Majora.

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