Orbeez Challenge on TikTok has been recently in the news after a teenager was tragically shot off-duty corrections officer, know its meaning and videos
TikTok has emerged as one of the most popular platforms for watching short films in recent years. It has developed into a virtual collection of short movies with a wide range of subjects.
But mostly it is used for entertainment purposes. Although TikTok might be fun, the app is notorious for some of the most hazardous trends.
Explained What Is The Orbeez Challenge On TikTok, Meaning, Videos And Dion Middleton Arrest News As He Killed Raymond Chaluisant
Basically they pointed to the police departments tweet saying that the toy guns are illegal to own in NYC. https://t.co/8I8enmsFGx
And also a tiktok challenge called the orbeez challenge. that's about it. There is no real connection to them doing the challenge either.
— DarkPhoenix (@DarkPhoenix_3) July 23, 2022
@SkyNews Reading your reporter Clare Hills’s report on the “Orbeez Challenge” searching said challenge on @tiktok_uk & @tiktok_us. This challenge is still searchable. Algorithms need to change somewhere along the line.
These guns look real (at a distance). Don’t risk your life pic.twitter.com/VBtHzOzvNi
— 🅚🅘🅩🅩🅨 🅒🅞🅓🅔🅡 (@KizzyCoder) July 23, 2022
Orbeez challenge pic.twitter.com/AniulbLI4O
— Morgan Bennett (@morgie_metal) July 21, 2022
In addition to the Kylie Jenner lip challenge and the cinnamon challenge, TikTok users are also actively participating in a brand-new craze dubbed the Orbeez challenge.
In contrast to the original Orbeez challenge, which involves playing with bouncing balls and is non-hazardous in nature, the authorities have labelled the current craze by the same name as hazardous after many reports of injuries.
Recently, this craze gained attention after a teenager was tragically shot off-duty corrections officer.
Since then, many people are talking about this challenge and that’s why it has become a trending topic on various social media platforms. Many people are also trying to find out more about the challenge and the case related to it which gained a lot of attention. So, here’s what we know about them:
What Is Orbeez Challenge?
For TikTok, the Orbeez challenge is nothing new. The Orbeez challenge sets, which come with special tools and storage, have inspired users to create movies.
Super-absorbent polymer beads known as Orbeez balls expand more than 100 times their original size when submerged in water. They are soft and springy, and Spin Master, the company that makes them, markets them as toys for kids. The task, though, seems to have acquired a perilous new meaning recently.
Posts on TikTok that feature people smiling on camera while firing Orbeez at random strangers are popular. In place of Orbeez, many individuals use bullets and other hefty balls.
They are capable of doing great harm, and the police have been aggressively monitoring incidents involving this problem.
What Happened Recently?
Dion Middleton, 45, shot and killed 18-year-old Raymond Chaluisant after he reportedly fired an air gun at him from his car on Thursday, July 21. The air weapon allegedly fired Orbeez soft gel balls, which are employed in this popular TikTok challenge.
According to New York Daily News sources, it is illegal to own an Orbeez gun, which looks like a pistol and fires gel water beads with the help of a spring-loaded air pump, in NYC.
Middleton is accused of killing someone, manslaughtering someone, and having a weapon in an unethical way. Middleton allegedly shot many times, and it’s not apparent what Raymond was aiming for.
The shooting allegedly occurred at Morris Avenue and the Cross Bronx Expressway, although Raymond was discovered half a mile away. At 1:35 a.m., at the Grand Concourse and E. Tremont Ave. in Mount Hope, the police discovered him unconscious inside a silver Acura. No TikTok videos of this trend have been discovered as of yet.
Despite being taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, Raymond was not able to be rescued and eventually he died.