Posted on 07/19/2014 7:50:33 AM PDT by markomalley
A flash mob broke out in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Friday night, prompting police to fire a riot control agent into a crowd near a subway station.
The episode underscores boiling tensions in a neighborhood that — like many inner-city communities across the country — is trying to launch a major “revitalization” project that will see the opening of upwardly-priced new apartment units this summer to accompany a major new chain store.
Reports on social media suggest that D.C. Metropolitan Police broke up a party in Petworth due to fighting, prompting a crowd of teenage partiers — at least one hundred by some estimates — to take to the streets at approximately 10:30 PM. The party was reportedly shut down within ten minutes of its start.
The block surrounding the Georgia Avenue Metro station was quickly filled with siren-blaring police cars, M15-carrying law enforcement officers and outraged screams from pedestrians. At least one observer reported property damage on the part of the partiers.
“This is war” yelled one young person fleeing police by foot. Cars and Metro buses, meanwhile, were forced to stop or to dodge so as not to hit pedestrians.
Damn! I lost again.
We play GTR in the office and I always put my money on the Amish as the perps.
When will I ever learn?
I’m completely in favor of gay people (and more generally, childless couples whether heterosexual or homosexual) moving into a bad neighborhood and gentrifying it.
What astounds me is that the gentrifiers blindly vote for collectivist politicians who want to take away their property rights and tax them into poverty.
Tear gas is against an international treaty now. What was the "riot control agent"?
Chanel #5
Hmmm... was that "riot control agent," which is not mentioned again in the article, male or female? Transgendered to fit in perhaps?
Nice reporting Patrick.
“...prompting police to fire a riot control agent into a crowd near a subway station.”
Must be some kind of human cannon ball. I certainly wouldn’t want that job.
Did any particular race predominate in this crowd? And by "partiers," I'm assuming the author does not mean fellas with noisemakers and party hats. Unless the noisemakers are .45-caliber and the party hats are baseball caps worn backward.
A “flash mob”? This writer (as is the case with most of the Daily Caller staff) is an idiot.
A “flash mob”? This writer (as is the case with most of the Daily Caller staff) is an idiot.
The pigs want to keep wallowing in feces.
Its just north of Howard University. I wonder how many of those involved attended Howard?
Maybe they launched inspector gadget into the crowd.
“Tear gas is against an international treaty now. What was the “riot control agent”?
A written job offer?
Pepper spray?
KYPD
M15? Really?
Purple koolaid.
“Chanel #5”
A lung-full of that crap would put down any riot...
I’m with you, break out the popcorn.
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