They could be killed according to the police: this dangerous TikTok challenge that teenagers are taking over

Quel est ce nouveau challenge ? CAPTURE D'ECRAN VIDEO POLICE

On January 16, 2024, Friendswood police warned of a worrying new trend on TikTok. The "Door knocking challenge" consists of kicking in entrance doors in order to alert residents. In a State where the carrying of weapons is legalized, the practice represents a real danger of death according to the authorities. 

A new tasteless joke from TikTok. The "Door knocking challenge", or "The door knocking challenge", consists of kicking the doors of strangers' houses in order to disturb their sleep. 

Authorities in Friendswood, Texas, sound the alarm. Not only has the trend caused stress among some residents, but it also exposes the "jokers" to their reactions, potentially dangerous. 

"This is a very dangerous game"

The chief of Fort Bend County, Texas, explains on Fox News that the practice can be very dangerous: "I worry that a homeowner might think that someone is trying to burglarize their residence and that an innocent child might be shot or killed."& ;nbsp;

Friendswood police are in the process of identifying what appear to be teenagers who completed the challenge. It broadcasts the videos captured by the cameras of the victims' residents' homes. 

Because if the residents deplore major episodes of stress caused by what takes on the appearance of an attempted burglary, it is the reactions of the residents that are worrying. Shocked, annoyed, afraid… it is difficult to predict how they would take charge of the situation and deal with its perpetrators – even if they had no bad intentions. 

The risk of coming across a firearm holder

Texas is one of the American states where the carrying of weapons is the most liberal. The only condition for displaying, even in public, an object that could cause death: being of legal age, note France Info.

Elected officials removed the weapon permit in 2021, considering this precaution as an obstacle to the freedom to carry these objects. Around twenty American states also authorize it. 15,545 people were killed by firearms in the country in 2023, reports Radio Canada.