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Unescorted teens barred from Franklin Park Mall - Must be with adult after 4 p.m. on weekends
The Blade ^ | Jan 6, 2015 | BY NOLAN ROSENKRANS AND JON CHAVEZ

Posted on 01/06/2015 9:56:01 AM PST by 11th_VA

Hanging out at the mall instantly became less cool for teenagers on Monday, when Franklin Park Mall officials said that anyone 17 or younger must be accompanied by an adult on mall property after 4 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

Mall officials said the new policy is not a response to any specific event and is a proactive move taken after conducting research among shoppers, retailers, and the Toledo community. But the change follows a weekend incident where police tried to remove a large group of people from the mall when a fight broke out, leading to several arrests and a minor injury to a police officer.

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In recent weeks, large groups of teenagers have caused ruckuses in Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, and Chicago-area malls, prompting some to place similar restrictions on teens.

“It seems like there’s been more than normal over these last few weeks, with tensions high and social media playing a part,” Franklin Park Mall spokesman Julie Sanderson said. “But our [policy] isn’t a reaction to anything or any event. This is about years of the community asking for this.”

Such parental-escort policies are not new for malls, said Malachy Kavanagh, a spokesman for the New York-based International Council of Shopping Centers. Minneapolis’ Mall of America, the country’s largest mall, was one of the first to implement such a policy in 1996, prompting complaints from some that the decision was at least in part racially motivated....

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Illinois; US: Indiana; US: Kansas; US: Ohio; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: blackcrime; blackviolence; chicago; indianapolis; kansascity; ohio; pittsburgh
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To all you young dudes:

Malls didn’t exist when I was a yute.


41 posted on 01/06/2015 11:15:27 AM PST by Graybeard58 (Much violence and crime can be explained by the Bell Curve (Bing it))
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To: 11th_VA

“...Mall officials said the new policy is not a response to any specific event....But the change follows a weekend incident where police tried to remove a large group of people from the mall when a fight broke out, leading to several arrests.”


Sure, of course this was not in response to any specific event. I don’t get why people are so weasely in the words that follow their actions? Do they think people can’t see the cause and effect?


42 posted on 01/06/2015 11:16:52 AM PST by Personal Responsibility (I'd use the /S tag but is it really necessary?)
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To: wall
Found a pic in Southwyck before it went, not bad, a little dated, but look at the customers... Used to be fun, and had TWO bars!
43 posted on 01/06/2015 11:27:30 AM PST by W. (Bureaucracy kills enterprise, and communism doesen't work. Any OTHER bright ideas, 0bama?)
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To: 11th_VA

The problem is most of them don’t know any responsible adults.


44 posted on 01/06/2015 11:27:52 AM PST by PGR88
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To: 11th_VA
Minneapolis’ Mall of America, the country’s largest mall, was one of the first to implement such a policy in 1996, prompting complaints from some that the decision was at least in part racially motivated

With 'some' being basically the professional community organizers and grievance groups. The policy was widely supported by the public at the time, and still is.

45 posted on 01/06/2015 11:28:30 AM PST by Gideon7
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To: 11th_VA

It’s a good idea considering what ‘teens” are doing today. But one problem I see: It assumes the parents of the ones causing the trouble are any better than their bad acting offspring.


46 posted on 01/06/2015 11:35:53 AM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: Gideon7
And with good reason: Mall of America is still a huge destination shopping mall, and even with the "progressive" Minneapolis-St. Paul area they're not interested in troublemakers that ruin the shopping experience.
47 posted on 01/06/2015 11:37:47 AM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: Morpheus2009

Teens in groups have negative IQs, the more, the lower,

because what one might not do, they might do at the urging of “peers”.


48 posted on 01/06/2015 11:38:04 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: 11th_VA
If white teens are not causing problems, why are they barred? Why are they being punished for something in which they did not play a part?

Given this policy of punishing ALL teens for what black teens did, will this help or hurt black/white relations?

I think we know the answer.

49 posted on 01/06/2015 11:43:25 AM PST by offwhite
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To: cripplecreek

Heck no. I went to the mall to buy records, stuff my face with hot pretzels, and hit on girls.


50 posted on 01/06/2015 11:52:43 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: 11th_VA

Teens???? Black thugs. Gentle Giants?


51 posted on 01/06/2015 11:55:20 AM PST by bikerman (any day above ground is a good day)
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To: 11th_VA

52 posted on 01/06/2015 12:35:52 PM PST by RightFighter (It was all for nothing.)
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To: Graybeard58
Malls didn’t exist when I was a yute.

While that may be true: Malls have been around, and have experienced the urban feral problem, for quite a long time.

I was just reading about the mall that was featured in the "Blues Brothers" movie. It opened in 1966 and was put out of business by the "teens" in 1978.

53 posted on 01/06/2015 1:04:35 PM PST by j. earl carter
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To: j. earl carter
I was just reading about the mall that was featured in the "Blues Brothers" movie. It opened in 1966 and was put out of business by the "teens" in 1978.

I was starting my fourth year of military service in 1966 and didn't know that the concept of malls existed. Probably had them in big cities even before that.

Yep, I'm a geezer.

54 posted on 01/06/2015 1:13:46 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Much violence and crime can be explained by the Bell Curve (Bing it))
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To: j. earl carter

Do you catch any flak because of your screen name?

(I’m not giving you any, just curious.)


55 posted on 01/06/2015 1:15:42 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Much violence and crime can be explained by the Bell Curve (Bing it))
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To: Graybeard58

The joke is supposed to be: I woulda made it R. Wilson Reagan, but that would be blasphemy.


56 posted on 01/06/2015 1:22:01 PM PST by j. earl carter
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To: j. earl carter

It was put out of business because it was a crappy mall.


57 posted on 01/06/2015 1:23:38 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Graybeard58

“Malls didn’t exist when I was a yute.”


Those were the days,my friend.

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58 posted on 01/06/2015 1:27:18 PM PST by Mears
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks 11th_VA.


59 posted on 01/06/2015 2:55:28 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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