{"id":4039,"date":"2011-08-22T01:40:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T01:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2011\/08\/22\/flash-mobs-not-just-for-philly-and\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:15:53","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:15:53","slug":"flash-mobs-not-just-for-philly-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=4039","title":{"rendered":"Flash Mobs &#8211; Not Just For Philly And Milwaukee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:17120,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.snowflakesinhell.com\\\/2011\\\/08\\\/11\\\/situational-awareness-2&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17121,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.csmonitor.com\\\/USA\\\/2011\\\/0809\\\/Flash-mob-attacks-Rising-concern-over-black-teen-involvement&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250822051916\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.csmonitor.com\\\/USA\\\/2011\\\/0809\\\/Flash-mob-attacks-Rising-concern-over-black-teen-involvement&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 05:34:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 05:34:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17122,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.todaystmj4.com\\\/news\\\/local\\\/125120629.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20111010061417\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.todaystmj4.com\\\/news\\\/local\\\/125120629.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 05:34:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 05:34:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17123,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.gunnation.us\\\/2011\\\/08\\\/brought-to-you-by-remora-holsters-at.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17124,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.digtriad.com\\\/news\\\/local\\\/article\\\/184488\\\/57\\\/Police-Investigate-Downtown-Greensboro-Flash-Mob-Beatings&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20130528201559\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.digtriad.com:80\\\/news\\\/local\\\/article\\\/184488\\\/57\\\/Police-Investigate-Downtown-Greensboro-Flash-Mob-Beatings&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 05:35:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 05:35:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17125,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.news-record.com\\\/blog\\\/56184\\\/entry\\\/123700&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/greensboro.com\\\/blog\\\/56184\\\/entry\\\/123700&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17126,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.news-record.com\\\/blog\\\/61601\\\/entry\\\/123661&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20120929081157\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.news-record.com:80\\\/blog\\\/61601\\\/entry\\\/123661&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 05:36:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 05:36:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>When I think of flash mobs of urban teens who have gathered to rob and cause mayhem, I think of large cities like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snowflakesinhell.com\/2011\/08\/11\/situational-awareness-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philadelphia<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/2011\/0809\/Flash-mob-attacks-Rising-concern-over-black-teen-involvement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.todaystmj4.com\/news\/local\/125120629.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milwaukee<\/a>. I need to readjust my thinking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunnation.us\/2011\/08\/brought-to-you-by-remora-holsters-at.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thanks to Doc Wesson&#8217;s Gun Nation Podcast<\/a>, I found out about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digtriad.com\/news\/local\/article\/184488\/57\/Police-Investigate-Downtown-Greensboro-Flash-Mob-Beatings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a flash mob in my hometown of Greensboro, NC<\/a> in late July. While I have not lived in Greensboro for thirty years, I still have my late mother&#8217;s house there and visit on a regular basis. To say I was shocked by the news is an understatement. Greensboro&#8217;s population is in the mid-200 thousand range which puts it in the mid-size city category with cities like Buffalo, Ft. Wayne, Birmingham, or St. Pete, Florida. While I am biased, I think most would say it is a very liveable city and a number of corporations have moved operations there in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/74X3bKh5il4\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\nAccording to the report above, one man was injured in an attack and the Carolina Theater was vandalized &#8211; all within view of the Greensboro PD headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>There are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news-record.com\/blog\/56184\/entry\/123700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conflicting reports<\/a> on whether this was actually a &#8220;flash mob&#8221; or not. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news-record.com\/blog\/61601\/entry\/123661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greensboro News-Record contends it was not<\/a> and they reported that GPD spokeswoman Susan Danielson denies that they had any reports of attacks or a flash mob. Obviously, Greensboro station WFMY-TV above believes a flash mob attack happened and so does former Mayor Keith Holliday who now runs the Carolina Theater.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the conflicting reports, the potential for violence when large groups of youth suddenly converge on a location due to a call posted on Facebook or Twitter is there. Combine bored youth with a bad economy and the potential rises. The best advice given by people I respect is not to be in a location where the mobs would gather in the first place and, if you are, to get out as fast as you can. If it can happen in a Greensboro, it can happen in Knoxville or Richmond or other small-to-moderate sized cities.<\/p>\n<p>\n<b>NOTE: The title on the video above was put there by the person who posted it on YouTube. I had to use this version instead of embedding directly from WFMY-TV. I do not condone the equating of flash mobs with black youths. Violent youths come in all colors and all races.<\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I think of flash mobs of urban teens who have gathered to rob and cause mayhem, I think&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4190,2093,3170],"class_list":["post-4039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-flash-mobs","tag-riots","tag-urban-violence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7098,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039\/revisions\/7098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}