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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To all you young dudes:
Malls didn’t exist when I was a yute.
“...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?
The problem is most of them don’t know any responsible adults.
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.
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.
Teens in groups have negative IQs, the more, the lower,
because what one might not do, they might do at the urging of “peers”.
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.
Heck no. I went to the mall to buy records, stuff my face with hot pretzels, and hit on girls.
Teens???? Black thugs. Gentle Giants?
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.
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.
Do you catch any flak because of your screen name?
(I’m not giving you any, just curious.)
The joke is supposed to be: I woulda made it R. Wilson Reagan, but that would be blasphemy.
It was put out of business because it was a crappy mall.
“Malls didn’t exist when I was a yute.”
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Those were the days,my friend.
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Thanks 11th_VA.
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