Who moved my "social shake"? Hundreds of minors fought each other with knives and threw explosives.
CCTV News:On August 3 and 4, 2019, in the program broadcast by legal report, the farce directed by more than 100 minors was thought-provoking.
On the evening of February 25, 2018, the police in Nanning, Guangxi received a number of alarm calls. The public reported that there were people gathering near Yonghe Qiaotou, and the scale reached hundreds. The crowd had dispersed when the police arrived at the scene. Judging from the traces of electric cars and explosives smashed at the scene and more than a dozen machetes and steel pipes scattered, it is not difficult to imagine the intensity of the fight. What is even more surprising is that most of the "protagonists" in this fight are minors.
"War" at the bridgehead
According to the surveillance video on the road and the pictures taken by passers-by, the whole fighting process can be basically restored. At 23: 43, one party’s troops arrived in Yonghe Bridge and began to March from north to south. They rode in electric cars and held long knives spliced by pig-killing knives and steel pipes. The formation was neat and murderous. Twenty seconds later, they found another group of people who had arrived on the other side of the road. Then the two sides lined up and threw "smoke bombs" made of cans and firecrackers. Under the cover of smoke, several key members took the lead in charging and quickly tore the other team’s formation. Then they swarmed and beat their opponents to flee.

The weapon used by this fighting gang composed of more than 100 people is a long knife with a combination of knives and sticks, which is very lethal. Objects that might explode were also thrown, which made the whole intersection chaotic. In the meantime, some people kept "reinforcing". Although the whole fight didn’t last long, the scene was frightening. After the victory, the participants threw weapons at the ground, roared and cheered loudly, and set off fireworks. In their eyes, it is really a "duel" to have a group fight. In fact, fighting in the downtown area, regardless of the passing vehicles and pedestrians, regardless of their own safety, has violated the law.
Gathering more than 100 people in public places, fighting with knives and throwing explosives, this scene is normal in movies, but it is really scary in reality. Besides, it is still a group of minors who do such things.
Who moved my "social shake"?
Fortunately, after the police confirmed that this large-scale fight only caused two minor injuries. Although the injury is not serious, almost all of the more than 100 people involved in the fight are minors.
The reason for the fight confessed by the participants is laughable, but it is just to fight for the original right of the "social shake" dance step and to vent for online celebrity. "Social Shake" is a dance step that is popular in social networks. It has a strong sense of rhythm and is quite popular among young people. Qiqi, from Wan Xiu Village, a village in Nanning, is a online celebrity. She has many fans on social networks, and her screen name is "Pepper". She had an argument with Xiaojie in Dashatian because she mocked the young people in Dashatian, another community, for copying the social dance steps in Wan Xiu Village. The two played with their fingers on the keyboard, and soon began to greet each other’s health, and forwarded these "friendly" chat records to their friends and began to insult each other’s community. This completely ignited the anger between the two communities, and everyone decided to escalate the angry words to offline discussion and made an appointment with the time and place.
As a result, Wan Xiu Village defeated Dashatian, but Xiaojie, who could be the "fuse", didn’t show up at all. Lying in the hospital for him is An Zi, the "big brother" in Dashatian area. An Zi manages a QQ group called Nanning Love Order, which is designed to "uphold justice" for young people in Dashatian. Seeing that his community was insulted, An Zi immediately contacted Xiaojie, saying that he could provide "fire support". He thought that he could stand behind Xiaojie’s men and "catch the leak" and hit a few people in Wan Xiu Village to vent his anger, but he didn’t expect the timid Xiaojie to come at all. In the cold winter wind, An Zi looked at the vast youth in Wan Xiu Village across the street and found that he was no match, but it was too late to escape. He was being treated in the hospital when the police found him.
A deviant youth
During the investigation of the incident, the police communicated with the people involved in the fight, and found that most people did not feel that their actions violated the law. Some people only went for the sake of "pepper", some people just wanted to defend the "honor" of the community, and some people just wanted to see what a group fight was like. It is for these almost unreasonable reasons that more than 100 minors directed a shocking farce. Who created that "social shake" is not so important.

In December 2018, the court pronounced a verdict on this affray case. The organizer "Pepper" was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment, Xiaoyue, who helped her make "Smoke Bomb", and An Zi, the leader of the other side, were sentenced to six years’ imprisonment, and the remaining defendants were sentenced to prison terms ranging from two years to three months to five years. For other minors involved in fighting, the law chose tolerance and forgiveness, and left them to their parents and schools to criticize and educate them.
When we think of these "social" young people, what comes to mind are colorful hairstyles, rustic ways of speaking, and grandstanding behaviors such as topping beer and crying in the street. People watch them on social networks and treat them as a substitute for boring life with an ugly attitude. Even when they learn that they have been fighting over the original problem of "social shaking", many people will still subconsciously laugh, but what kind of people they are and how they have become what they are now deserve our consideration and concern.
According to the police investigation, 90% of the children involved in the fight have dropped out of school, and more than half of the children’s parents are divorced and out of the discipline of adults. They live with their parents in a village in the city, and the lack of material and spirit makes them choose to hide their inner feelings with their appearance, so the fragile girl puts on sexy costumes and pretends to be mature, and the boy who is scolded by his father at home lifts a stick and becomes a "big brother". People’s onlookers, even ridicule, have given them long-lost attention. Although these eyes are rarely warm, they are precious to people who have nothing.
For a long time, we used to use the label "problem youth" to summarize them, or simply attribute their deviant behavior to adolescent rebellion. This undoubtedly simplifies very complicated social problems. What environment did they grow up in, what did they want to pursue, and what did they want to express through exaggerated and deviant behavior? Only by putting away jokes and understanding these can we really help them.
What have we overlooked?
"Pepper" Kiki came to Nanning with her parents when she was 2 years old. In her childhood, she moved again and again, and her father had been earning money outside, showing little concern for her children. At the age of 11, her mother ran away because she couldn’t stand domestic violence, and the last warmth in Kiki’s life disappeared. The young Kiki left home and moved to Wan Xiu Village alone. Before organizing a fight, she had been struggling in the society alone for seven years, just turning 18.
Kiki almost cut off contact with her father, but she was always worried about her mother. My mother went to another city, and sometimes she couldn’t see each other for a year. Even when she met, she was silent. She is full of contradictions to her mother. On the one hand, she is dissatisfied with her abandoning herself, on the other hand, she is eager to be loved. But no matter love or hate, she can’t find a way to express it. For her, affection has long been a mirage, visible but never touched.

At the trial, Kiki’s mother didn’t come. She was imprisoned for more than a year and never sent a letter. I also feel estranged from Kiki in my mother’s heart. She said that she didn’t want to contact Kiki because she was afraid that her negative emotions would be transmitted to her. The deeper reason may be that seeing her daughter bear everything alone without blaming anyone, this mother who has been absent since childhood is undoubtedly more ashamed and self-blaming.
Kiki said: "Time waits for no one. After going out, she is old, and I have less time to be filial." "I said I would protect her when I grew up, but I didn’t even protect myself." The child has such a responsibility, but the mother has been avoiding it.
An Zi, the "leader" of Dashatian, also came to Nanning with his working parents. My father works outside, goes out early and comes back late every day, and the communication with his son is almost zero. One of the few contacts is quarreling and beating. He also paid no attention to his son’s education. Children didn’t want to go to school, but saved money for their families and simply let it go. After the incident, the parents were amazed at how their son could do something illegal, but they didn’t know that they had also pushed the child.
Kiki’s friend Xiaoyue also said that she had little communication with her father, and even couldn’t say a few words for a month. After the divorce, his father organized a new family, and Xiaoyue soon moved out to live alone, and his father almost ignored him. Adults only pay attention to making money, ignoring children, or leaving children to form new families, and loveless children constantly deviate from the rules and even commit crimes. This situation is not a case, but a common problem in many cities in China.

Compared with parents, friends of the same age are more willing to listen to their own voices. Parents don’t care about themselves, but familiar friends can stand up for themselves without asking for reasons. In the minds of these minors, friends undoubtedly give much more emotional support than their parents. These people with similar life experiences and congenial feelings hold a group to keep warm, and they are also eager to be concerned and cared for. A large number of young people’s deviant behaviors stem from their desire for attention, which also reflects the lack of social care for marginalized groups.
The court’s trial of the case has ended, but the task has not yet been completed. For these more than 100 children, it is also the responsibility of the state and society to guide them to the right track. This case reflects the typical problems of migrant workers’ children. In most cities, there is still much room for improvement in policies on education and household registration of migrant workers’ children. At the same time, the spiritual concern from relatives and all walks of life will also help guide them to grow up in a healthy way.























