Claim: A group of teenagers re-enacting the plot of the film The
Example: [Collected via e-mail, August 2014]
There is an article from SOCIVIRAL.com which claims that
Origins: In July 2014, the Cream Bmp Daily web site published an article positing that a group of teenagers
In a reenactment of 'The Purge 2' movie a group of teens went on a violent killing spree in the city of Chicago claiming the lives of over "So many bad things going on in Chicago right now; the 4th of July weekend shooting, these Purge murders, Police say there have been no arrest made as of yet, but will be closely monitoring social media sites waiting for the teenage murderers to brag about their exploits while not knowing they’re just telling on themselves.
"It’s almost like Chicago's trying to beat its on record of people killed in one night," said one of Chicago's finest about a mass killing that took place shortly after the debut of 'The
By the following day links and excerpts referencing this article were being circulated via social media, with many of those who encountered it mistaking it for a genuine news item. However, despite current rumors of a mass crime spree inspired by the film The Purge and its sequels, this article was just a spoof: as noted in Cream Bmp Daily's "About" page, that web site deals strictly in satire:
CreamBmp.com Written by comedian CREAM. This website is comprised of satire and parody of current news and urban culture. For entertainment purposes only.
Last updated: 22 August 2014