[11th_VA]

More and more places may be doing this soon ...

[grania]

The downtown mall in Cleveland has done this for quite a few years. If the suburban malls do the same, people might actually be willing to go to them.

[Responsibility2nd]

Cue the Watermelon Boy....

Cause - Thats Racist!

[cripplecreek]

We used to wander the mall when I was a teenager but never got into any rioting, smash and grab, or gunplay.

[Morpheus2009]

What’s racially motivated? Teenagers are hyper and do stupid things, especially when its’ just them. I know because I was one. I know because I got hospitalized twice, and luckily not killed during that time. Did the stupid skateboard stunts, spud cannons, you name it, perhaps the one good thing I did do was not have sex with a woman or girl when I was a teen.

[Veggie Todd]

It’s not racist - it’s ageist.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

prompting complaints from some that the decision was at least in part racially motivated....

For "some", everything is racially motivated.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

I love the media use of the terms “teens,” and “youths.”

[UB355]

Suburban Milwaukee Mall same type of restrictions

Mayfair Mall patrons under 18 will have to be accompanied by an adult after 2 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, under new rules announced by mall officials this afternoon.

...Under the new rules, anyone under 18 must supervised by an adult 21 or over at the mall or the AMC theater after 2 p.m. Adults can supervise no more than four youths at one time.

The restrictions also will apply to the AMC movie theater, which has been a source of trouble at the mall. Parents will no longer be allowed to drop off children at the theater after 2 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

'Why, they all be my children, suh.'

This in response to a single adult in the midst of 50 or more otherwise unaccompanied 'youths'.

[JimRed]

Is “teenagers” the usual code word for you-know-who in this case, or is it really an age group rather than another demographic?

[MeshugeMikey]

“til unemployment start to fall

we hangin out

down to the mall.”

actual “rap” “lyric” from the 1980’s

[livius]

No doubt this will become more general. It’s unfortunate, because it punishes the perfectly harmless teens who just went there to take a break, window-shop or even buy stuff, have some crummy food in a non-alcoholic environment, and get out of the house for awhile.

But as usual, the bottom-feeders have ruined it for everyone.

[MaxMax]

prompting complaints from some that the decision was at least in part racially motivated....

Some?

1. Maybe because it was Blacks who ruined it for everybody else.
2. Or maybe, it's racist because the Blacks know it's the Blacks
causing all the trouble.

Yea, #2.. Playing the "R" card is a dead giveaway.

[RoosterRedux]

"I's taking my young counsin, Tyrone, to the mall this affernoon. You gots a problem wiff dat?"

[wastedyears]

That’s a great idea.

If I went they’d probably ask where my parent is, because I still look like a teenager.

[formosa]

McCarther mall in Norfolk has been doing this for at least a year.

[Bon mots]

Why should white kids be forced to do this too, the problems have all been cause by black ferals.

[RayChuang88]

Given that shopping malls are private property, those teens may not have the legal standing to overturn these laws. And it may make shopping malls desirable again as adult shoppers and families can now go to the mall without being accosted by people that are wanting to stir up trouble.

[Bon mots]

They have been rebranded - again.
1930’s - N-words
1950’s - Colored
1960’s - Negro
1970’s - Afro-American
1980’s - Black
1990’s - People of Color
2000’s - African-Americans
2010’s - Teenagers

[PATRIOT1876]

Next up:

Bulletproof plexiglass and bars between you and the clerks.