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'Flash Mob' of 100 teens Storm Center City Macy's
"Philly 57" CBS News ^ | 2/17/2010 | unnamed reporter

Posted on 02/17/2010 6:33:12 AM PST by Jack Black

PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) ― Click to enlarge1 of 1 Photo of an apparent "flash mob" involving approximately 100 teens causing chaos inside the Center City Macy's store. CBS

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numSlides of totalImages Related Slideshows Celebrities Turning 40 In 2010 Real Or Fake? The Tattooed Ladies Of Hollywood Caught Cheating: Celebrity Scandals What's My Name? Honeymoon Lingerie: Behind-The-Scenes 2010 Celebrity Deaths Openly Gay Celebrities Investigators say a massive snowball fight outside City Hall between 100 teens spilled into a popular department store and ended with 14 arrests.

The entire ordeal began when approximately 100 teens engaged in a gigantic snowball fight outside Philadelphia's City Hall Tuesday evening.

Shortly afterwards, the unruly mob then rolled into the Macy's Department Store located in the 1300 block of Market Street.

Once inside, customers told Eyewitness News total chaos ensued.

"A couple kids were shoving and pushing and people started throwing shoes at each other. Someone threw a sign over someone's head," Eyewitness Brianne Bee said.

Customers inside the store said the incident lasted between five to 10 minutes.

A 16-year-old girl was arrested for allegedly kicking a 15-year-old boy in the face as other teens held him down outside the store. The 15-year-old is listed in stable condition at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

Similar to the "flash mobs" near South Street in June 2009, investigators believe Tuesday's brawl might have been organized on the internet.

According to investigators, many of the teens involved in the incident attend Simon Gratz High School.

All of the teens are facing charges of disorderly conduct, while some are facing assault charges.

No innocent bystanders were injured. The incident remains under police investigation.

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KEYWORDS: flash; mob; wilding
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To: stylecouncilor

ping


21 posted on 02/17/2010 7:03:57 AM PST by windcliff
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To: Sloth

Which goes to show the difference in the hearts and minds of different young people. For some, “fun” is causing people a moment of surrealism, confusion, and/or bemusement for onlookers. For others, “fun” is injury, aggression, damage, and fear in all those around them. Truly, we are “Two Americas”. Somehow, the Left finds them to be equivalent.


22 posted on 02/17/2010 7:08:26 AM PST by Teacher317
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To: NEMDF
I guess I am surprised that there was not looting and vandalism involved, as well as the fighting.

Riiiiight.

23 posted on 02/17/2010 7:21:09 AM PST by Roccus (POLITICIAN.....................a four letter word spelled with ten letters.)
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To: Sloth

You mean this one by ImprovEverywhere?
http://improveverywhere.com/2006/04/23/best-buy/


24 posted on 02/17/2010 7:24:18 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine
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To: Jack Black
Demonstrating the fragility of civilization.

Blacks wonder why businesses won't build in the Black community. (They know the truth)

25 posted on 02/17/2010 7:47:05 AM PST by blam
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To: Jack Black

Clean up on aisles one through 25!


26 posted on 02/17/2010 7:55:45 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine
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To: Jack Black

‘Flash Mob’ of 100 teens Storm Center City Macy’s

Title Correction:
Large group of Obama Supporters riot inside Macy’s store while simultaniously redistributing the wealth. Caus evabody need nu shuz.


27 posted on 02/17/2010 10:09:10 AM PST by cquiggy
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To: Jack Black

One white guy in that whole picture. Let me guess he doesn’t even go there but he’s the coach? I wonder why the story doesn’t mention that the teens were predominantly (read 99%) black?


28 posted on 02/17/2010 12:23:13 PM PST by Blue Highway ("Judge me by the people with whom I surround myself" Barack Obama, Oct 15, 2008 Presidential debate)
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To: Jack Black
Comment from the site:
Blahblah says: I see the PC stormtroopers have found this thread... comments deleted left and right. Let's all pretend this bit of thuggery doesn't have socioethnic undertones, and we can feel better about ourselves..." This is typical liberal netherworld speak. It is also the reason these thugs are running the streets of philly. You can't "pretend" these bottom feeders don't exist. They need a heavy hand to surpress them and protect the producing portion of society.
(I think this second guy is wrong in his criticism of the first, but really they both understand.)

ML/NJ

29 posted on 02/17/2010 1:26:46 PM PST by ml/nj
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To: bgill

>>These kids’ parents voted for Hussein.<<

Almost guaranteed. And yeah, I say that because of their race. For those that did NOT vote for o, it was seldom about race. For those who DID vote for o, race was a major factor.


30 posted on 02/17/2010 1:26:48 PM PST by RobRoy (The US today: Revelation 18:4)
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