Flash Mob Robberies Continue For the second time in a week, a flash mob robbed a convenience store in our area. Could it be a new trend in the Washington region? In the latest incident, 10 women stormed the Shop Express convenience store along Benning Road in northeast Washington at about 3:15 a.m. Thursday. They loaded up on food, drinks and snacks at different parts of the store. Some of the women were carrying bags to hold some of the items. Then they all rushed out of the store at the same time without paying. Employees said that each of the women stole about $60 worth of merchandise. "Stealing is a very normal thing at convenience stores," one employee said. "It happens every day -- morning, evening, night. But such kind of thing I have never seen before." Store employees said this was the third such incident at the store in the past couple of weeks, and that if the trend continues, the 24-hour store will have to close at night. This store is not alone in its flash mob troubles. Last Saturday, a flash mob took over a 7-Eleven in Germantown. Investigators in Montgomery County said they know who some of the suspects are, but they are hoping people will recognize the others and call police. http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/It-Happened-Again-128062773.html?dr Video at above link: What are these girls doing out at 3:15am? Where are the parents??? _
I am sick and tired of these news stations changing the skin color of the criminals so they all appear to be black. Jesse and Al need to call out these store owners and news stations for their racism. On a positive note, at least they were concerned for the environment and brought their own bags with them rather than use new plastic bags for their purchases. Al Gore would be proud that they are environmentally aware.
Its not their fault. Bush did it. Or maybe it was God. I bet an earthquake hit just before the video was turned on and it is just "tricky GOP" filming the people "saving" the merchendise like after Katrina.
agreed I am sure there is a story behind this particular robbery. maybe a restaurant failed to serve them at that time of day because of their skin color. You get mighty hungry in the wee hours of the morning and the shopkeeper is no doubt in the private sector and they were making sure that he paid his fair share
The more prominently this is covered in the news, the more copy-cats there will be. I would say the same about forum threads, but I don't think the inclined would be here.
ahhh so if we could get thugs to leap off of cliffs and reported about it exhaustively would we get copy cats? There is no excuse for what these slimeballs are doing and copycat is just another excuse
Not really. It's a crime and people are getting away with it. If they want to highlight incidents productively, they would highlight the ones where people have gotten caught and will be brought to justice. CNN covered one such case in Mass. the other day.
That has zero effect on this. Coverage or no coverage. The social media is faster than wildfire to begin with.
Amazing ain't it. A white flash mob will sing you Christmas music. A black flash mob will steal you blind. Can't make this chit up.