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Police scramble to fight flash-mob mayhem
CNN ^ | August 18, 2011 | Ashley Fantz

Posted on 08/18/2011 12:20:24 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

(CNN) -- This week in Germantown, Maryland, it took less than a minute for a flash mob of teenagers to descend on a 7-Eleven, ransack shelves and make off with hundreds of dollars worth of stuff.

It's going to take much longer for police in Montgomery County to figure out how to prevent it from happening again.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: animals; brigands; flashmob; glock; thieves
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To: BusterBear

I don’t think this will be a tough problem to fix.

All that needs to be done is for the cell phone companies to keep a log on texts sent. The police could trace all the texts and work backwards to find out who the instigators are.


21 posted on 08/18/2011 1:15:52 PM PDT by Jonty30
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Get a can of bear spray and a gas mask then spray away.


22 posted on 08/18/2011 1:17:23 PM PDT by MsLady (Be the kind of woman that when you get up in the morning, the devil says, "Oh crap, she's UP !!")
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To: MondoQueen

That had to be a wonderful sight.


23 posted on 08/18/2011 1:18:55 PM PDT by Gator113 (Palin 2012, period.....)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Two ways to prevent it: one, allow clerks to shoot to kill when descended upon by such people. Two, when you capture any of them, a public caning followed by a salt water washdown of the caned area. Three, cane the parents.


24 posted on 08/18/2011 1:19:59 PM PDT by NRA1995 (Obama couldn't run a lemonade stand. Let him eat peas!)
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To: Jonty30
The police could trace all the texts and work backwards to find out who the instigators are.

Of course if this is the Baraqqis practicing for Nov 2012, Eric Holder might not be of much help here.....

25 posted on 08/18/2011 1:20:25 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: nascarnation

Unless the calls are coming across interstate, it’s something the local police could handle it.


26 posted on 08/18/2011 1:22:39 PM PDT by Jonty30
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To: Jonty30

They don’t use texts, they use facebook and twitter on their phones. That much at least has been established in PA. A tweet can go hundreds, and you only have 30 in the store. See the problem?


27 posted on 08/18/2011 1:27:09 PM PDT by Melas (u)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
It's going to take much longer for police in Montgomery County to figure out how to prevent it from happening again.

The police need to encourage shop owners to exercise thier Second Ammendment Rights, and to offer training programs for those who do.

28 posted on 08/18/2011 1:27:41 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Twotone

I’m sure it could be done. The real problem is that we don’t live in the CSI fairyland where budgets and resources are unlimited. How many man hours would it take it to cull 30 suspects off the internet? I have no idea, but I’m betting it’s expensive.


29 posted on 08/18/2011 1:27:53 PM PDT by Melas (u)
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To: Melas

True, but I bet local vendors along with families might be willing to volunteer. I certainly would. Of course, that’s assuming the police allow that kind of thing.


30 posted on 08/18/2011 1:35:43 PM PDT by Twotone (Marte Et Clypeo)
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To: Melas

It still can be traced.

Facebook can also trace the texts back to whomever posted it.


31 posted on 08/18/2011 1:35:46 PM PDT by Jonty30
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To: NRA1995

You’ve got one clerk, 30 criminals.

If the clerk carries, they will start to carry.

Solved nothing, at least in real life.


32 posted on 08/18/2011 1:41:50 PM PDT by Jonty30
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Or how about Larvell Jones.
33 posted on 08/18/2011 1:44:50 PM PDT by hout8475
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To: Gator113

They could always call it a Black Mob Flash Rob!


34 posted on 08/18/2011 1:49:07 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: hout8475
The only problem with Larvell is he can only be at one place at a time.

:>]

35 posted on 08/18/2011 1:55:58 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Palin is coming, and the Tea Party is coming with her.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Prosecute those identified as terrorists and make them serve a minimum of ten tenyears with no parole until at least have been served - no time off for good behavior.


36 posted on 08/18/2011 1:58:17 PM PDT by monocle
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Prosecute those identified as terrorists and make them serve a minimum of ten tenyears with no parole until at least have been served - no time off for good behavior.


37 posted on 08/18/2011 1:58:31 PM PDT by monocle
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To: Jack Hydrazine

That works well. ;>)


38 posted on 08/18/2011 2:14:09 PM PDT by Gator113 (Palin 2012, period.....)
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To: Gator113

This one is my favorite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwzN4633mpI


39 posted on 08/18/2011 2:58:45 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Oh to be young again. I loved it, I would have had a ball being involved in that.


40 posted on 08/18/2011 3:13:40 PM PDT by Gator113 (Palin 2012, period.....)
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