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Posted on 05/19/2025 12:38:27 AM PDT by Libloather
Hundreds of youths descended upon a north Jersey mall Saturday night in a meet-up that was reportedly pre-planned on TikTok and led to a massive brawl.
Seven minors were arrested in the chaotic melee that was spurred by TikTok posts calling for juveniles to meet up at the Menlo Park Mall in Edison, New Jersey, that night, according to officials and local reports.
The out-of-control gathering soon grew exponentially from just 100 people to “over 300 youth” from across the Garden State shortly after 8 p.m., Edison Mayor Sam Joshi wrote on social media.
At least four of the seven minors who were arrested were from other towns, according to Joshi.
Edison police had to call for back-up from neighboring police departments to clear out the hooligans.
As cops worked to get the rowdy crowd under control, one officer fractured their ankle, Edison Police Chief Tom Bryan told My Central Jersey.
None of the youths were injured and no weapons were recovered, cops said.
Of the seven arrested, one was charged with aggravated assault on an officer, and six others face disorderly conduct charges. One person was charged with both disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, Bryan told the outlet.
Some participating youth shared posts on TikTok and Instagram leading up to the swarm, telling people to show up at the mall at 7 p.m.
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the fatigue
Aren’t these malls pretty much empty now?
Pity the mall store owner who just
wanted to run a business and prosper
Is it them again, Yogi?
Exponential growth would be from 100 to, say, 10,000, not tripling to 300.
It seems to me they caused a riot. The proof is also there for RICO charges.
Did the bookstore get looted?
How about the workbooks in the shoe sections? Were those all taken too?
It’s them again, Yogi.
Just another degradation of the language, in this case courtesy of the media.
LOL
math? You must be older than 30 years.
Unrelated: I hate the way young people use the word “calculus” to mean “calculate”
yes. see previous
Please stop this saying and the meme that usually accompanies it. FR is not a racist board.
The press is completely biased these days. We only hear about these things when they are done by blacks. White kids start riots and they never get reported.
These youts are stupid. We need to do a better job of educating them.
“These days, ‘exponentially’ is used to denote ‘a lot’ — anything from “increased 20%” to ‘a million times’. It’s become meaningless.”
THANK YOU for pointing that out! Drives me crazy.
“Hundreds of youths descended upon a north Jersey mall Saturday night in a meet-up that was reportedly pre-planned on TikTok and led to a massive brawl.”
Glad we didn’t leave our ‘youths’ behind when it came to the Internet Revolution. They’d otherwise would be bored-silly on Saturday evenings.
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