Posted on 12/30/2008 7:36:53 PM PST by hercuroc
WAUWATOSA, Wis. -- A brawl at the Mayfair Mall is causing people to raise questions about the ongoing security problems at the shopping center.
Mall administrators have not commented on the incident.
Police said that a fight broke out between two men outside the malls Wet Seal store on Friday.
After some initial brawling, the fight spilled into the store and as many as eight more people joined the fray.
Police said that the battle turned the store into a mess and all the combatants scattered.
Mall surveillance cameras helped capture three of the people who allegedly took part; they are all facing disorderly conduct citations.
It's scary because young kids like my brother go there and he wouldn't go back shopping there by himself with his friends if there's fights there without a parent, Heidi Fregien, of Wauwatosa, said.
Word of the brawl drew mixed reaction among shoppers, some of whom said that they dont feel unsafe at the mall.
I think the problems have been pretty sporadic here over the course of the years. [The] movie theatre, I know they say brings in a lot of the problems, Random Lake resident Darin Retzer said.
Mayfair has faced similar problems in the past. In 2002, a fight at the theatre made headlines.
In 2007, the mall instituted new rules after several other incidents. It required an adult chaperone for anyone under 18 on Fridays and Saturdays.
Those rules didn't apply at the time, officers said.
Of the 10 alleged fighters, the three men taken into custody were adults.
"I think they need to up security, if it's that big of a problem, [you should] have more cops present," shopper John Murray said. "When I was young, you had your parents drop you off at the mall or the movies, you hung out and you caused trouble. That's what they're doing."
Murray said fights have been part of the shopping mall culture as long as he can remember.
All three suspects have dates in Wauwatosa Municipal Court in February. They face $600 disorderly conduct tickets.
The truth hurts, but refusing to face the truth doesn't make it any less true.
Wow! Northridge is closed and boarded up!?! I lived in Milwaukee from 1978 to 1981, then moved to Arizona. Back in the day, Northridge was a nice mall in a good area. Mayfair was nice, too. Is Southridge still there? Lots of high school memories...
It’s not a Marcus theater, it’s an AMC theatre. AMC isn’t from Milwaukee and they don’t give a damn about the community.
There is a housing project near Northridge on 91st St.
Northridge was a few blocks away so the young toughs would hang out there all day.People got sick of the hassle and crime and now it's closed up.
I went shopping there maybe a year before it closed and it was really intimidating inside.
You are right, I forgot. I even know they have an AMC logo on the outside. AMC is a worse chain than Marcus.
Now paint them all black looking like gangster rappers pissed at the whole world, and you’ll have it right.
Yes, it is fact. I work with two young white woman who live with, support, have children by black men. They also help support the illegitimate children the men have with other women. Both men have cheated on these girls a number of times. One, having found that her mate had cheated with one of her friends, asked me why he and her previous black loves were unfaithful. I told her it was their high testosterone and she should find her an Asian man.
I remember going to Northridge when my son was young(in a stroller). Thankfully, I recognized that the “group” forming in the mall was a mob in the making. I grabbed my little boy and hightailed it out. Now, it is torn down, a Menards(I think), Best Buy and Toys R Us are still there. I really hate going to Brown Deer. It is very obvious I am not welcome.
yeah my parents too
If you think color and the culture it brings has nothing to do with crime and danger in this country then you are hopelessly naive....or live in some lily white area.
Take color out of the equation and we are Norway crime wise.
geez.....maybe you outta run for RNC chairman....they like that sorta mindset.
Got proof of where white redneck (note how you use that pejorative so carelessly Mr Colorblind) are rampaging through malls killing each other.
You don’t owe him an apology dear.
PC freepers like that are part of the problem.
blacks have more testosterone than whites? - until you drive your truck into them at 2:30am after they attack you for no reason.
If they are alone it doesn’t happen as much
the random acts of violence...
The plural of curriculum is curricula, which when pointed out to one of the brawlers is what triggered the whole fight.....
I bet if they didn’t provide bus stops most of these security issues would fade away.
Apology? You read that as an apology?
Gotta work some more on the sarcasm thingy....
:)
Some tough police force up there in Milwaukee."
And the video said they were facing $600 fines.
Does that get waived if they can't or won't pay? Or does the taxpayer just pick up the fine?
I agree with you guys - The Warriors was awesome.
Sadly, it’s headed for a remake. Tony Scott (ugh!) is remaking it for release in 2010. This time, it’s going to be set in Los Angeles, not New York. And Scott is using *actual* L.A. gang members for a lot of the parts.
Definitely a skip for me.
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