[Daffynition]

Another reason to stay away from urban centers.

[Celtic Conservative]

Yep. I currently live in the country and stories like this one are just cementing My already adamant desire to stay away from cities.

CC

[Chainmail]

Another reason for concealed carry.

Interesting how the article never mentions additional factors like "race" of the attackers or a motive - like hate.

Wonder if flash mobs are in any way related? But don't worry folks, it's just "young people playing a game".

[RGSpincich]

Paging Paul Kersey.

[PGalt]

Thanks for posting. I’ve never heard of it. BE ALERT / BE PREPARED.

SITUATIONAL AWARENESS BUMP!

life

[DemforBush]

I remember seeing this ‘game’ as early as the mid-1990’s. Ted Koppel had a clip of some thugs pulling this garbage on some poor guy walking by them. It was in Washington, D.C., IIRC. From what I’ve read in more recent stories, when a girl/woman is among the thug party, she is often the one who picks out the victim.

At any rate, your advice is excellent (i.e. keep alert). Being aware of your surroundings and keeping an eye out for potential threats can save your life. If not in avoiding a situation entirely, then at least giving you a better chance of coming out in one piece.

[A_perfect_lady]

...unprovoked violence that targets random victims.

Not entirely random, no.

[Squantos]

Agree.....

[aberaussie]

Bttt

[JDW11235]

Hey Kart,et al, I just saw this, and thinking of the holiday, thought it might get buried, and thought you might want to see it. I thought this might be of interest to you, based on some posts in previous threads. Hope that you have a Merry Christmas, and that you have someone to spend it with. Take care and God bless you all!

[Vision]

A symptom that our laws are not harsh enough.

[dog breath]

This game has been played by urban kids in different variants longer then it's current form. Never let yourself be surrounded by a gang of strange teens in a city.

[Fireone]

“We know that juveniles don’t think out consequences clearly,” said Beth Huebner, an associate professor of criminology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. “They see something on YouTube and say, `I want to get that sort of attention, too.’
Here’s some attention for you...someone’s going to see this going on and there will be “a group of youth” lying in the street with severe gunshot trauma to the chest and head.
There’s a Utube for you.

[Riptides]

My wife and I pack a KIMBER Double Barrel Pepper Blaster II (check out their website).
If anyone gets bear me I will blast them with it. I highly recommend the product.

[LRS]

Yet another story the “Leave them alone and they will leave you alone” crowd should heed. There are those on this planet to whom the irrational is rational...

[nomad]

I sincerely hope that the next time a group of such animals tries this, the would be victim, a CCW holder, responds with a nice game of double tap using some good quality hollow points.

[Cyber Liberty]

I think calling aggravated assault a “game” is perverse.

[leapfrog0202]

Pfl