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Cleveland Mayor Vetoes Flash Mob Crackdown
WLWT ^ | 5 August 2011

Posted on 08/05/2011 7:25:53 PM PDT by FourPeas

CLEVELAND -- Cleveland's mayor has vetoed a measure that would have made it a crime to use social media to organize a flash mob.

City council members who introduced the measure say teens have used Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites to pull together flash mobs that are really only large gatherings of trouble makers, instead of the usual large crowds breaking into dance.

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[Mayor Frank] Jackson told council members that the ordinance passed by them was a concern because it could interfere with the rights of the city's law-abiding citizens.

(Excerpt) Read more at wlwt.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: attackmobs; flashmobs; mobs
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To: FourPeas

This guy related to Bonehead??


21 posted on 08/05/2011 8:12:41 PM PDT by Cheetahcat ( November 4 2008 ,A date that will live in Infamy.)
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To: FourPeas

“How do such stupid people get elected into positions of authority?”

Trying to figure THAT out since Nov. 2008;)


22 posted on 08/05/2011 8:13:29 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: doc1019

More good news from the crime blackhole/cesspool that is known as Cleveland.


23 posted on 08/05/2011 8:17:32 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: FourPeas

No matter how you try to slice it, to attempt to ban all flash mobs, even non-violent ones, would be a violation of the 1st Amendment’s guarantee of the right to peaceably assemble.


24 posted on 08/05/2011 8:24:08 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: Frank_2001
People stopped voting, because they saw all the corruption, and just gave up.

It drives my blood pressure up to argue with members of the “silent majority” who proudly state they are “above politics” .
These same people avoid jury duty, because only idiots can't get out of it, in their twisted opinion.
These same people wonder why we have idiots in DC, Obama as POTUS, and no working system of justice.
But hey...they get to brag about how smart they were to get out of jury duty, and why nothing our government does is in any way ever their own fault.
Talk about an ignorant victim mentality!

25 posted on 08/05/2011 8:33:32 PM PDT by sarasmom ( A Fine is a Tax for doing wrong. A Tax is a Fine for doing well.)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

I used to shop in downtown Cleveland, ostensibly to help the economy ... spend locally and all that. However, since Obo got into office, I wouldn’t go downtown if my very life depended on it. Now, anything white is the enemy. After all a black president is in charge and therefore blacks are in charge of all they survey.

These idiots don’t realize that he is limit in his reign as President. The next president might be white or a black with a sense of responsibility for the American people as a whole.


26 posted on 08/05/2011 8:33:40 PM PDT by doc1019 (You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.)
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To: FourPeas

An invitation to flash-mobbers to take to the streets? Sheesh!


27 posted on 08/05/2011 8:45:22 PM PDT by Shery (in APO Land)
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To: BobL

Cleveland, Milwaukee, LA, Philly etc. etc. it is clear if your white stay out. You don’t have any friends there,not the police, not the mayor, not the city council, the Justice Department or the Presidency, you are not their people....you are the problem


28 posted on 08/05/2011 9:14:41 PM PDT by hatfieldmccoy (ItÂ’s not racism..... itÂ’s probability, actuarial tables, statistics. Facts are stubborn things.)
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To: hatfieldmccoy

oops tag line fail let’s try again


29 posted on 08/05/2011 9:17:05 PM PDT by hatfieldmccoy (ItÂ’snot racism..... itÂ’s probability, actuarial tables, statistics. Facts are stubborn things.)
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To: hatfieldmccoy

facepalm....


30 posted on 08/05/2011 9:19:14 PM PDT by hatfieldmccoy (ItÂ’s not racism..... itÂ’s probability, actuarial tables, statistics. Facts are stubborn things.)
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To: FourPeas
And the mayor is an . . .

Independent?

Quaker?

Amish?

Real-life nephew of his Uncle Sam?

31 posted on 08/05/2011 9:33:39 PM PDT by YHAOS (you betcha!)
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To: hatfieldmccoy

“Cleveland, Milwaukee, LA, Philly etc. etc. it is clear if your white stay out. You don’t have any friends there,not the police, not the mayor, not the city council, the Justice Department or the Presidency, you are not their people....you are the problem”

Exactly. They want the white money (you know, go there for the ‘cosmopolitan atmosphere’ and all that jazz) yet they’re not willing to lift a finger to make it even somewhat safe.

Well, sorry, but if someone insists on having their show in a ‘downtown’ theater, they can kiss my beutress (as they say at the UN), I AIN’T going there.


32 posted on 08/05/2011 9:37:51 PM PDT by BobL (PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
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To: FourPeas
When the Superior, Technologically Advanced Alien Race shows up and they destroy the major Cities, do we celebrate?
33 posted on 08/05/2011 9:45:22 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Would you rather live in Obamaville or Palintown?)
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To: FourPeas

Just rename Cleveland “Holderville” and be done with it.


34 posted on 08/05/2011 9:47:16 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Would you rather live in Obamaville or Palintown?)
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To: FourPeas
City council members who introduced the measure say teens have used Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites to pull together flash mobs that are really only large gatherings of trouble makers, instead of the usual large crowds breaking into dance.

They could likely find most of those trouble makers by using a list of people receiving "free" phones.

35 posted on 08/05/2011 9:53:06 PM PDT by Razz Barry (Round'em up, send'em home.)
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After this, If you stay in or visit Cleveland, you deserve what you get.


36 posted on 08/05/2011 10:04:56 PM PDT by Godwin1 (Curve stuff)
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To: Godwin1

Burn on, big river, burn on...


37 posted on 08/05/2011 10:06:45 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: BobL
white young people are still under the illusion that all the world needs is love, love, love...

they'll learn.....

38 posted on 08/05/2011 10:11:54 PM PDT by cherry
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To: He Rides A White Horse

remember the mobs went to the King of Prussia mall and caused havoc....


39 posted on 08/05/2011 10:13:05 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Tupelo

To be quite frank, I do. We go to the Indians games, concerts and restaurants. We also frequent the many museums in Cleveland. I honestly don’t see many of the majority “black” that you are referring too. I know they are around, but I don’t feel unsafe.

Recently, I have felt slightly uneasy at large gatherings (for example. football stadium concerts) and have adjusted our entertainment accordingly.


40 posted on 08/06/2011 12:05:58 AM PDT by proudtobeanamerican1 (A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Abraham Lincoln)
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