Plaza riot?
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I wish they had ransacked the Thomas Kinkade Gallery
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Bah - no worries - I am sure they have thousands more "limited editions" back in the storage rooms "just in case" the ones out front get damaged.Downtowner wrote: I wish they had ransacked the Thomas Kinkade Gallery
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What makes you think white kids would organize something like this? White kids don't look cool rioting.LenexatoKCMO wrote: How long before we inevitably see some pack of suburban white kids coppying this fad, either on the plaza or some place else?
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The whole episode sounds like a copycat of what's happening on the east coast (where it's much more advanced and dangerous). These flash mobs have been reported in the NY Times - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/us/25mobs.html
The situation in Philly is bad. Here is an excerpt from their paper on an incident last month:
Business owners yesterday called on Mayor Nutter to stop "flash mobs" on South Street after patrons couldn't shop, dine or get home on Saturday night because of the hordes of teens roaming the neighborhood.
Inspired by Twitter messages to "come to South Street," police say hundreds - business owners say thousands - of young teens stampeded down South Street in waves, jumping on top of cars, knocking over pedestrians and fighting and cursing.
"It was like a tsunami wave," said a store employee.
"The cops were overwhelmed," said a store manager.
The South Street business owners called on Nutter to impose a curfew of 10 p.m. or earlier after frightened managers locked their doors, only allowing customers inside.
Nutter did not return calls last night.
Saturday's was the sixth flash mob to hit the city since last May: three on South Street; two in the Gallery, including one that spread to Macy's; and one along Market Street East that spread to the area near City Hall.
Several store owners and managers documented the stampede with cell phones or store surveillance tape.
A pizza shop owner said that some in the mob were chanting, "Black Boys!" and "Burn the city."
One youth was overheard on his cell phone saying: "Bring baseball bats to South Street."
After enduring months of street construction during a recession, then one snowstorm after another, business owners were delighted that customers had returned to South Street to shop, eat and stroll on the first day of spring.
But the mood turned ominous as more and more teens showed up by 8 p.m. Between 9 and 10 p.m. the packed crowds reached a crescendo, according to police officials who deployed highway patrol, narcotics strike force and other units to assist officers on South Street. A parent, who had seen a text message or a post on Facebook, alerted police about the potential flash mob.
By 9 p.m., Yee Chau, manager of eModa, a clothing store, on South near 3rd, said "It was total mayhem. Kids were out of control. They were wall-to-wall. You couldn't see the sidewalks."
One armed owner, who showed the Daily News his gun permit, protected his business by standing outside with five assistants.
At Supper, a restaurant in the 900 block, bartender Kyle Fennie opened the locked door to let two woman customers out, but a mass of teens descended, and he let the women back inside. During a lull, he walked them to their cars.
The situation in Philly is bad. Here is an excerpt from their paper on an incident last month:
Business owners yesterday called on Mayor Nutter to stop "flash mobs" on South Street after patrons couldn't shop, dine or get home on Saturday night because of the hordes of teens roaming the neighborhood.
Inspired by Twitter messages to "come to South Street," police say hundreds - business owners say thousands - of young teens stampeded down South Street in waves, jumping on top of cars, knocking over pedestrians and fighting and cursing.
"It was like a tsunami wave," said a store employee.
"The cops were overwhelmed," said a store manager.
The South Street business owners called on Nutter to impose a curfew of 10 p.m. or earlier after frightened managers locked their doors, only allowing customers inside.
Nutter did not return calls last night.
Saturday's was the sixth flash mob to hit the city since last May: three on South Street; two in the Gallery, including one that spread to Macy's; and one along Market Street East that spread to the area near City Hall.
Several store owners and managers documented the stampede with cell phones or store surveillance tape.
A pizza shop owner said that some in the mob were chanting, "Black Boys!" and "Burn the city."
One youth was overheard on his cell phone saying: "Bring baseball bats to South Street."
After enduring months of street construction during a recession, then one snowstorm after another, business owners were delighted that customers had returned to South Street to shop, eat and stroll on the first day of spring.
But the mood turned ominous as more and more teens showed up by 8 p.m. Between 9 and 10 p.m. the packed crowds reached a crescendo, according to police officials who deployed highway patrol, narcotics strike force and other units to assist officers on South Street. A parent, who had seen a text message or a post on Facebook, alerted police about the potential flash mob.
By 9 p.m., Yee Chau, manager of eModa, a clothing store, on South near 3rd, said "It was total mayhem. Kids were out of control. They were wall-to-wall. You couldn't see the sidewalks."
One armed owner, who showed the Daily News his gun permit, protected his business by standing outside with five assistants.
At Supper, a restaurant in the 900 block, bartender Kyle Fennie opened the locked door to let two woman customers out, but a mass of teens descended, and he let the women back inside. During a lull, he walked them to their cars.
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KCRag should organize a flash mob of zombies to spontaneously converge on the Plaza at 8:00 pm on a Saturday. There should also be a bunch of non-zombie players in on it that the zombies can "attack" who will then rise from the "dead" and shamble off. Also, we'd need at least 4 or 5 people with camcorders to document at several key intersections. By 8:10 or 8:15, everyone in on the mob has disappeared...
Be a lot more entertaining than a bunch of unruly idiot teenagers.
Be a lot more entertaining than a bunch of unruly idiot teenagers.
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a 10pm curfew for under 18-year olds at the Plaza, Westport, P&L, etc wouldn't solve the problem?
You know, Dude, I myself dabbled in pacifism once. Not in 'Nam of course.
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We should bring it back! Except I vote that we make it teenage guys racing on foot in dresses.FangKC wrote:I long for the days of teen drag racing.
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Any reason they can't gather and tear shit up at 9PM instead?TheBigChuckbowski wrote: a 10pm curfew for under 18-year olds at the Plaza, Westport, P&L, etc wouldn't solve the problem?
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I'm on board.mean wrote: We should bring it back! Except I vote that we make it teenage guys racing on foot in dresses.
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LenexatoKCMO wrote: Any reason they can't gather and tear shit up at 9PM instead?
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East Bottoms baby! Run what ya brung. Down on the "new" streets before the office park was built.FangKC wrote: I long for the days of teen drag racing.
Saw some darn fine races back then. Deserted too, with the exception of the deer, racoons and stray cats.
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Because its apparently the bad ass, "I am a hard son-of-a-bitch", thing to do - since when have high school aged kids needed a better reason than that? I would wager that there is an element in damn near every high school in the country who would think an organized fight/shit-tearing-up event sounds like a good idea. Plus there might be chicks there. I think you are kidding yourself if you think white suburban kids are all immune to this attraction.kcmetro wrote: What makes you think white kids would organize something like this? White kids don't look cool rioting. :lol:
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Agreed..but in all fairness these "flash mobs" have involved predominately young blacks.
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they'd still be in their movie.LenexatoKCMO wrote: Any reason they can't gather and tear shit up at 9PM instead?
You know, Dude, I myself dabbled in pacifism once. Not in 'Nam of course.
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Are you planning to chain them to the seats?TheBigChuckbowski wrote: they'd still be in their movie.
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So far . . .NDTeve wrote: Agreed..but in all fairness these "flash mobs" have involved predominately young blacks.
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Are you involved in planning one?LenexatoKCMO wrote: So far . . .
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Until those darned kids change next weeks brawl to a Thursday :o The KCPD would be stymied!!KCPowercat wrote: this will obviously die down now...kids had their fun now there is too much attention down there.
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Since when do teenagers go to movies that start before 7:30?LenexatoKCMO wrote: Are you planning to chain them to the seats?
You know, Dude, I myself dabbled in pacifism once. Not in 'Nam of course.