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'Flash mob' robbery at DC convenience store
Fox ^ | 7/24/2013

Posted on 07/25/2013 7:37:12 AM PDT by Altura Ct.

"It was crazy. Beyond our control," says the manager of the King Convenience store in the 1500 block of U Street in Southeast D.C.

He says a flash mob of teens stole candy, soda and other items from his store Saturday night.

"Bunch of kids, more than 20 or 30, grabbed everything," he says, asking not to be identified. "They grabbed everything and then ran away from the store."

An employee ran outside to try and stop some of the teens involved in the flash mob. He was confronted by one of them armed with a stick and is now recovering at home from his injuries.

The suspect is described as a black male, 5'8" tall, 180 pounds, with a medium complexion. He was last seen wearing a blue shirt with a Nike emblem, short-sleeve jean jacket or vest, a white sweatband on his head, and knee-length jean shorts and tennis shoes.

“The previous owner, they locked the store and everything was inside,” the manager says. “We believe in community and opened everything up and try to do business, but sometimes it's hard.”

The new owners, who took over a year and half ago, say they would like to see police patrol the block every two hours or so, and crack down on loitering nearby.

For now, they don't plan to start locking everything up behind glass again.

"I have a lot of good customers, and because of them, I will try to keep it the way it is now," says the manager.

If you can identify any of the teens or know anything about the theft, you should call D.C. Police at 202-727-9099.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: blackmales; dc; gangs; urban
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1 posted on 07/25/2013 7:37:12 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Altura Ct.
Thats what this was made for...


2 posted on 07/25/2013 7:41:21 AM PDT by Kozak ("Send them back your fierce defiance! Stamp upon the cursed alliance! To arms, to arms.....")
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To: Altura Ct.

Figuring out who the “youths” in videos like these is like finding out if the sun will rise tomorrow.


3 posted on 07/25/2013 7:42:16 AM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: Altura Ct.

“The previous owner, they locked the store and everything was inside,” the manager says.

“We believe in community...”
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The “community” will keep coming back for more freebies and beating you senseless until you close shop.


4 posted on 07/25/2013 7:42:34 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Altura Ct.

Send the bill for everything to Holder and Obama along with a lawsuit for not carrying out their duties and for encouraging mob criminal behavior.


5 posted on 07/25/2013 7:42:44 AM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: Altura Ct.

Let’s stop giving trendy names to what is going on. Its not a “flash mob” — its a lawless group of criminals who stole from a store. The reason it happens on this scale is because the rule of law is breaking down in our cities.


6 posted on 07/25/2013 7:43:26 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Altura Ct.

What color were they? LOL, just kidding.


7 posted on 07/25/2013 7:43:40 AM PDT by ZX12R (Never forget the heroes of Benghazi, who were abandoned to their deaths by Obama)
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To: Altura Ct.

Darn Amish!


8 posted on 07/25/2013 7:45:06 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Altura Ct.

The EBT business has it’s downside.


9 posted on 07/25/2013 7:45:58 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: Kozak

A couple of shot gun blasts would save society literally millions of dollars.


10 posted on 07/25/2013 7:46:20 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Altura Ct.

Bet there was a run on Skittles and Arizona Ice Tea.


11 posted on 07/25/2013 7:46:39 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Altura Ct.

Flash mob robbery is Legal DC


12 posted on 07/25/2013 7:54:23 AM PDT by molson209
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To: Starboard
The previous owner, they locked the store and everything was inside,” the manager says.

I guess he finally figured out why the previous owners sold it to him.
13 posted on 07/25/2013 7:58:15 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Truth/Lies; Liberty/Tyranny--WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE??)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
"Let’s stop giving trendy names to what is going on."

Nothing new. Don't you remember reading about the Dalton flash mob or the James flash mob or the Clanton flash mob or the...well, you get it.

14 posted on 07/25/2013 8:04:27 AM PDT by skimbell
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To: Starboard

I’ve heard of liquor stores in some of these ghetto areas, in which the clerk sits behind bullet proof glass, and slides the bottles of liquor to you through a trap door.

Maybe that’s the only way these businesses can do business in the ghetto anymore. Now that flash mobbing is becoming so common, even in some nicer areas, we could see changes in how these places do business.


15 posted on 07/25/2013 8:06:48 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (race)
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To: dfwgator





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16 posted on 07/25/2013 8:08:38 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Macabre Crumpet of Caucasian Ethnicity)
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To: Altura Ct.
I hate to racially profile, but it sure seemed to me that all the participants in this mob were Black. They probably organized this flash mob with their free Obama phones.

From the video this store is obviously in a poor neighborhood where the residents don't have a lot of options to buy their necessities and is likely a locally owned small business. Where will these people get their food if the owner can't afford these losses and closes the store? DC officials have stopped Wall Mart from opening stores in the district so the shopping options for residents will get pretty thin with these hooligans causing small businesses to close.

17 posted on 07/25/2013 8:09:39 AM PDT by The Great RJ (construction)
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To: The Great RJ
one of the mob has been rumored as having referred to the owner as a Creepy Azz Crackuh


18 posted on 07/25/2013 8:11:38 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Macabre Crumpet of Caucasian Ethnicity)
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To: Altura Ct.

Maybe every store should keep a couple of these behind the counter, and spray everyone in site when a flash mob attacks. You cannot do crowd control in a situation like this with lethal force.

http://www.sabrered.com/servlet/the-Frontiersman-Pepper-Spray-cln-Bear-Attack-Deterrent/Categories

http://www.guardian-self-defense.com/bear_spray_category.htm?gclid=CPSSx__2yrgCFadj7AodADIA3Q

Comments?


19 posted on 07/25/2013 8:14:36 AM PDT by muffaletaman (IMNSHO - I MIGHT be wrong, but I doubt it.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

LOL It’s Goodyear neck.


20 posted on 07/25/2013 8:14:45 AM PDT by angcat
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