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Flash Mob Robberies

Postby ashfire » Sat Aug 20, 2011 6:26 am

In the Washington DC area there have been a number of Flash Mob Robberies.
Authorities and the news media are telling the public that people organize by means of using networking from cellphones to texting to form their groups and walk into a store, overwelm the employees and walk or run out with most of the store.
Most of this has been captured on security cameras and police in one area have ID those involved in one incident and have made arrest.
There have been copy cat incidents because some of this has been placed on the interent like youtube and other viewing programs and in the news.
I just wonder if anyother areas have had this happen and are the police on top of the situation?
Mayor of Wash DC is upset because the news media interviewed people on the street about the story and the citizens were saying these people were doing this because people are losing their jobs so they are stealing food because they have no money. The mayor says this is just out right organized robbery.
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Postby TopazRaven » Sat Aug 20, 2011 6:47 am

Something similar, but perhaps more sinister has been happening in Philadelphia over the past month. Flash mob beatings.
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Postby seaglass27 » Sat Aug 20, 2011 6:55 am

Recently, at the Wisconsin state fair, a flash mob composed of teens occurred and began beating people and stealing from vendors.
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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:06 am

That is just so messed up.

Recently, at the Wisconsin state fair, a flash mob composed of teens occurred and began beating people and stealing from vendors.


I hope everyone of them gets sent to prison for ten years.
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Postby KhakiBlueSocks » Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:28 am

[color="RoyalBlue"][font="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="4"]I would love to be the writer for that local paper:

"Valuables Gone in a Flash!"[/SIZE][/font][/color]
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Postby Rusty Claymore » Sat Aug 20, 2011 6:25 pm

At least that won't happen in Alaska. For a while, at least.
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Postby KhakiBlueSocks » Sat Aug 20, 2011 6:38 pm

Rusty Claymore (post: 1498657) wrote:At least that won't happen in Alaska. For a while, at least.


In which case it would be a Flash Freeze Robbery.
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Postby Yuki-Anne » Mon Aug 22, 2011 4:00 pm

That is so scary. :(
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Postby Rusty Claymore » Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:39 pm

I actually found it in my local paper. I didn't think they would cover it, but it was tucked away in an obscure international column. That article stated that there were racially oriented gang beatings, too. "minorities" would sync up and solo out targets and such.
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Postby crusader88 » Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:27 am

KhakiBlueSocks (post: 1498586) wrote:[color="RoyalBlue"][font="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="4"]I would love to be the writer for that local paper:

"Valuables Gone in a Flash!"[/SIZE][/font][/color]


Good one! I love the headline too!

These flash robs are just bizarre. Watch the store camera video for just one of them on You Tube. It'll blow your mind. At least the mayor of Philadelphia has tried to crack down on both the indoor and outdoor mobs with a curfew.
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