#States have reached beyond this sort of historical usage recently, employing public-nuisance laws creatively even when the problem is not tied to one specific piece of land. For instance, they have brought public-nuisance suits against opioid makers, gun sellers, companies responsible for lead contamination, & Confederate monuments. Public-nuisance #law has proved a malleable stopgap when other kinds of regulation fail.
It’s not a big leap to see an application here. If fentanyl production or the existence of a Jefferson Davis statue can be legally deemed public nuisances, why can’t a deluge of #violent, #masked, & #armed people flooding the streets of a city, #maiming, #brutalizing, & even #killing along the way? This deluge is perhaps even closer to a classic public nuisance because it involves an activity that impedes the safe & orderly use of public streets.