Posted on 04/30/2012 5:25:47 PM PDT by massmike
An annual carnival at Northland Mall in Southfield attracted hundreds of teens Saturday, but it quickly got out of control. More than a dozen people were arrested and police say the ugly incident may be gang related.
A carnival brawl in the middle of the day, a swarm of flashing lights from the parking lot of Northland Mall down 8 Mile and beyond. For hours, no matter where you looked, you'd likely see a group of kids getting arrested.
FOX 2 cameras were rolling when police surrounded one group of at least 8 teenaged boys. One by one, they were cuffed and loaded into a Detroit police van as parents pleaded with officers not to arrest their sons. Police say it was a planned fight involving at least seven gangs.
The carnival shut down early and Northland Mall was closed. Police say there were clusters of fights, one with as many as 70 people. Police say they knew it would happen because of posts on Facebook and Twitter.
There were heavy police patrols on carnival grounds for the rest of the night. More than a dozen people were arrested. There seems to be a fight at the carnival every year but police tell Fox 2 this year's problem was the biggest. Now officers hope the carnival packs up and leaves town for good.
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The article said “fights”, lots of different incidents of “fights”.
I wonder if these were actually 5-10 on 1 beatdowns.
"Gosh, Mom and Dad, the police must have profiled me!"
Parents as a plural noun, in this instance, probably does not mean "pairs" of parents, but many single parental units.
And also probably means, capable of being a parent, but not performing the duties of said appellation.
I doubt there were many “fathers” protesting the arrest of their sons. Most likely it was “single moms” saying “don’t arrest my baby! my baby!”
Dey jus be unlucky to be born in dis country where no ones can get a fair chance! You musta be payin mo and mo for dem, so alls can be fair!
Yep, and their kids now do this crap in front of their parents.
Speaks volumes about kids not having any culpability.
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