Juneteenth Celebrations In Long Branch NJ Went Off Without A Hitch....Just Kidding, It Was Total Chaos

LONG BRANCH — Throngs of teenagers and young adults showed up at Pier Village in Long Branch late Saturday afternoon, prompting lots of online speculation about what actually happened over a few hours-span of rowdy behavior.

The party had been promoted on social media, attracting "thousands of young people from all over the state" along the beachfront around Pier Village, according to Long Branch Director of Public Safety Domingos Saldida in a written statement Sunday.

Visitors arrived by both train and car, and by 5 p.m. drinking and unruly behavior began, at which point police began working on getting the crowd to disperse, he continued.

There were four arrests made for disorderly person offenses, Saldida said.

As of Sunday, there were no known reports of damage or injuries stemming from Saturday's crowd in Long Branch.

A video clip posted to a Facebook group shows police vehicles were on-hand as some young men danced on a moving car, at one area of the high-end retail center along the beachfront.

There also were multiple clips posted to TikTok, promoting an underage, bring your own alcohol beach party "until they shut us down."