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Two Arrested in Teen Mall Brawl
Channel 5 NBC News, Dallas ^
| 5-23-1902
| NBC5i
Posted on 05/24/2002 10:43:02 AM PDT by MissAmericanPie
Two Arrested In Teen Mall Brawl
No Injuries Reported Despite Widespread Violence
POSTED: 4:29 p.m. CDT May 23, 2002
UPDATED: 9:37 p.m. CDT May 23, 2002
ARLINGTON, Texas -- A fight broke out at a North Texas shopping mall Thursday afternoon, creating a frenzied scene. Hundreds of brawling teens flooded from the Parks Mall in a sea of flying fists and kicking legs.
Several separate battles would follow as the teens waged their wars and police and mall security tried to calm the crowd.
An unusually large number of high school students were hanging around the mall Thursday. According to the Dallas Independent School District, the teens had been let out of school early because it was their last day of class for the year.
One group of teens had been wandering the mall, harassing and even getting physical with other customers, according to Christy Gilfour, of the Arlington Police Department.
"They were creating a disturbance, pushing some customers, causing some minor property damage. And they were asked ... to leave and began being escorted out by officers," Gilfour said.
The ousting, however, quickly led to pushing and shoving and then exploded into an all-out brawl inside the mall, Gilfour said.
Once outside, things only got worse. As the students ran from the building, Chopper 5 captured even more fighting.
Pockets of battles peppered the sea of bodies flowing into the parking lot.
Our helicopter camera recorded several students being punched and kicked in their faces and pummeled about their bodies. Several crazed groups ganged up on individuals, repeatedly attacking them from all angles.
Arlington police rushed to the scene and began trying to break up the crowd. They arrested two adults for assault, according to Gilfour, but it's not yet known if they were high school students.
Despite the violence, there were no injuries reported.
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To: FreeTally
In the top picture, it looks like there is a woman kicking a man while he is down.yeah, thats common practice in riots. Beating people to a pulp that are outnumbered is fun, doncha know?
To: East Bay Patriot
Take a look at the video if you get the chance. It's all blacks ganging up on white kids and attacking them. I am shocked!
To: HiJinx
"The kid in the red in the above picture is trying to get to the cop in the white vehicle..." I watched the video. It actually looks like the guy in the red was seeking help from the cop, he was being chased and then ran up to the cop car.
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posted on
05/24/2002 11:29:35 AM PDT
by
blam
To: Dakmar
Makes one feel that they are being easily taken advantage of by everyone from the government, to thugs, to invaders, to be the law abiding, civilized, "type" of citizen.
We are already at 60% just think of what the future holds when law abiding, civilized citizens become the minority.
To: AppyPappy
I live in an area that 95% white. It happens here too. Curious - are the crimes perpetrated done by white kids from your area, or others that come over from close-by areas?
To: MissAmericanPie
...just think of what the future holds when law abiding, civilized citizens become the minority.I don't even have to use my imagination, I can just read anything posted about Zimbabwe.
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posted on
05/24/2002 11:35:24 AM PDT
by
Dakmar
To: Joe Hadenuf
I'm older than that Joe. I didn't go to school with minorities until I got into college. Actually, the instructors that I had for the last 2 years in High School were better than any I encountered the first 2 years in college. They were mostly T.A.'s who were pissed off at the world.
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posted on
05/24/2002 11:35:35 AM PDT
by
MAWG
To: Liberal Classic
The death of American civilization is near - Libertarians and Socialists rejoice
Film at 10
To: Liberal Classic
A typical day at the mall. The popular custom is to walk several abreast and push anyone who stands in your way. Eventually, one group will encounter another group doing the same thing and a fight breaks out. And the minute you try to stop this by limiting the number of teens allowed to congregate in the mall (private property) or to set specific hours wherein teens may congregate at the mall, the ACLU steps in and says you're being unfair and they are going to sue you.
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posted on
05/24/2002 11:36:39 AM PDT
by
Junior
To: Cultural Jihad
No smiley?
To: FreeTally
White kids or a mixed group. Blacks and whites intermingle pretty freely here. It's not like the city where they tend to separate.
To: Dakmar
Exactly, well said.
To: blam
You might be right. It's hard to tell from the stills what is really going on. The guy in the red shirt with the lateral white stripe looks like he's being kicked in one still and trying to get into the security van in the other.
To: MissAmericanPie
An unusually large number of high school students were hanging around the mall Thursday. According to the Dallas Independent School District, the teens had been let out of school early because it was their last day of class for the year. Does nobody else find this strange? Geez, it's not even the end of May yet. When I was in HS, we didn't even start writing exams until the second week of June, or thereabouts.
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posted on
05/24/2002 11:42:02 AM PDT
by
-YYZ-
To: MissAmericanPie
Betcha none of these honor roll - two parent "kids" has ever been caned. This is why guns come in semi and automatic modes - I say bury the sh*t heads.
To: MissAmericanPie
This actually used to be a nice mall when I lived near the area. I've been gone about 8 years...amazing how quickly it has gone to pot...
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posted on
05/24/2002 11:43:43 AM PDT
by
Maringa
To: MissAmericanPie
Round 'em up, put 'em in the pokey. Get the scum off our streets.
To: Liberal Classic
The fact is, civilization is a very fragile thing, but ideologues think they can just tweak and twist society to make it fit into their preconceived mold. Look at the L.A. riots of 1992. All it took was for CNN to rebroadcast day in and day out a selected 10 seconds from a 4 minute arrest video.
To: MissAmericanPie; sarcasm; brownie74; Tancredo Fan; x-usaf; Conservative Til I Die; kcrack...
The RINOs can really take pride in the results of their giving all of those entry level jobs to their ILLEGAL ALIEN,
future Republican constituency.
>sarcasm<
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posted on
05/24/2002 11:48:24 AM PDT
by
4Freedom
To: stainlessbanner
Good idea, stainless. If you've ever spent a night in jail, and I have, it has a direct influence on your future behaviour. You dont ever want to be there again, particularly if you're a white guy.
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posted on
05/24/2002 11:48:46 AM PDT
by
MAWG
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