A FIERY BUT MOSTLY PEACEFUL WEEKEND.

The story, and the mayor's lament, sound familiar.

[The mayor] said young criminals were carrying out their acts without any fear of the consequences.

"It has been described as real-life Grand Theft Auto. These kids can effectively do whatever they want with no fear of consequence."

The system of juvenile detention was unable to rehabilitate young offenders, [he] said.

"If we are going to put a child into juvenile detention - and no one wants to see that but at times it is necessary - they have to fix the environment that it comes from.

"That is the parents and the grandparents as well. They need to be looked after so everyone is educated.

"A we need more police on the ground and we need safe places for these children to go."

That could be a dispatch from Chicago or Philadelphia or Kenosha on a bad day, but it's not.