Locals in Cedar Rapids say this was rival black gangs that have spilled over from Chicago. (The feds have been encouraging the export of ghetto culture to ‘less-diverse’ locales}. There have been rival black gang skirmishes at the St. Jude festival for several years now.
"spilled over" --- from Chicago? ~4 hours away? It's more like a slow drip, possibly bussed in courtesy of Barky's Bus Tours?