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7 arrested in mob action attack downtown
Chicago Tribune ^ | 6/5/2011 | Jeremy Gorner

Posted on 06/05/2011 11:12:53 AM PDT by Krankor

More than a dozen young men attacked a person Saturday night outside a building on Northwestern University's downtown campus in the Streeterville neighborhood, according to an alert issued by the university. Seven people thought to be part of that group, mostly youths, were arrested on "mob action charges" when Chicago police and Northwestern police responded, according to police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer. About 8:30 p.m., the victim had parked his motor scooter outside the building on Chicago Avenue, a little west of Lake Shore Drive, when about 15 to 20 males -- believed to be in their mid-to-late teens -- approached him, according to the alert, which categorized the incident as an attempted robbery. One of the males in that group threw a baseball at the victim's face and knocked him to the ground, the alert stated.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
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Things really are spinning out control.
1 posted on 06/05/2011 11:12:57 AM PDT by Krankor
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To: Krankor

All BLACK.


2 posted on 06/05/2011 11:16:30 AM PDT by Soothesayer9
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To: Krankor

HAS to be misguided Amish yuts, since the article didn’t specify any race.


3 posted on 06/05/2011 11:18:06 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (A vote for Obama in 08 proves "I'm no racist"..A vote against him in '12 proves "I'm no idiot")
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To: Krankor

Reads like a Rahm Emmanuel’ late night at the steam baths.


4 posted on 06/05/2011 11:20:02 AM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Krankor

Holder’s people?


5 posted on 06/05/2011 11:22:40 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Greed + Envy = Liberalism)
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To: Cvengr

If these people had an education they would join a Tea Party and protest the root cause of their pain. OBAMA and the DEMOCRATS.


6 posted on 06/05/2011 11:25:10 AM PDT by scooby321
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To: Krankor
What the hell..

..just children out having a good time.

They do it all the time....cut them some slack, they didn't mean no harm....

...besides they are friends of Mayor Rahm...

....dripping (/S)

7 posted on 06/05/2011 11:27:00 AM PDT by B.O. Plenty (Give war a chance...)
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To: Krankor
How many of these flash mob attacks have there been in the last ten days. It can't all be ‘schools out and boys want to let off steam’. I think a lot of people in the US are learning how to use Facebook and other social media to start a violence cycle spinning. By election day 2012 things could be very interesting. I know that (disgusting as this is) many white Angelenos were in panic over the potential for another Rodney King like riot/uprising if OJ were found guilty so I can only wonder if interested parties such as those who were in ACORN and other Soros stooges aren't starting to put together a sort of national Mau-mauing operation to scare whitey into ‘voting right’ in ‘12. Any one else feel this way?
8 posted on 06/05/2011 11:27:46 AM PDT by robowombat
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To: Krankor
when about 15 to 20 males

Note to self: add another magazine to the mix

9 posted on 06/05/2011 11:30:56 AM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: robowombat

“Any one else feel this way?”

As a matter of fact, yes. I wonder about the elections. My husband and I have had serious conversations about keeping the two kids out of school the day after them. Haven’t yet decided but there is a concern.


10 posted on 06/05/2011 11:32:17 AM PDT by momtothree
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On Saturday June 4, 2011, at approximately 8:26 p.m., a male not affiliated with Northwestern was the victim of an attempted robbery in Chicago. The victim had parked his motor scooter on the north side of Chicago Avenue across from Wieboldt Hall (300 block) when approximately 15 to 20 male African Americans, all approximately 16 to 20 years old, approached him. One of the subjects threw a baseball at the face of the victim and knocked him to the ground. Several others from the group punched and hit him several times. The victim tried to protect himself and fought back. The subjects eventually fled eastbound toward the lake. Chicago Police and Northwestern University Police responded, and Chicago Police later arrested three members believed to be part of the group on mob action charges. The victim was treated on the scene by Chicago Fire Department paramedics. No proceeds were taken from the victim. The victim could not provide descriptions of the multiple subjects involved.
The man fought 'em off. Good for him!
11 posted on 06/05/2011 11:32:17 AM PDT by bvw
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To: Krankor

We play a game in the office called guess that race or ethnicity whenever there is a flash mob story or a report of brutally weird goings on.

It was fun for the first month or so.

Now it’s utterly predictable.


12 posted on 06/05/2011 11:40:34 AM PDT by x1stcav (Obama: The Mistake of '08.)
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These so called "African American" predators are neither African nor what most of us would call American. They are black hoodlums that happen to live on this continent. And I would hazard a guess would be hard pressed to tell us what continent this is.

Freaking stupid lazy bums!

13 posted on 06/05/2011 11:40:39 AM PDT by Dust in the Wind (U S Troops Rock)
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To: bvw

It would have been better if he had shot a few of them dead.


14 posted on 06/05/2011 11:42:19 AM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: x1stcav; Dust in the Wind

What disturbs me the most, is the fact the police and the media are doing their best to hide what’s going on. It’s like a modern day “emperor’s new clothes”, where everyone is afraid to speak the truth.


15 posted on 06/05/2011 11:49:28 AM PDT by Krankor (Her voice was soft and cool, her eyes were clear and bright . But she's not there)
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To: paul51

You can bet that half the group will be armed.Good thing that most of these ferel urban thugs are poor shots.Add some body armour to that collection magazines you carry.I did.


16 posted on 06/05/2011 11:49:32 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Dust in the Wind

“freaking stupid lazy bums’’. They should be harvested for their organs. At least then they’d serve some purpose.


17 posted on 06/05/2011 11:49:59 AM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: x1stcav

It has gotten so bizarre that the “media” will ask anyone with information about a crime to call an 800 number, after only giving the height, weight, clothing description, and facial hair status of a perp.

Would be funny if it wasn’t so dangerous...


18 posted on 06/05/2011 11:55:33 AM PDT by kearnyirish2
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To: paul51

I was just thinking that 5x.357 probably won’t cut it anymore. Time to upgrade.


19 posted on 06/05/2011 12:02:01 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: robowombat

Let ‘em riot all day!

Just surround them and let the blood flow.

As for me..it’s emty the mag!


20 posted on 06/05/2011 12:05:46 PM PDT by devistate one four (Popping smoke! 2012 the year of the taxpayer! TET68)
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