Flash mob disrupts South Street

Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 10/21/2010 | James Osborne and Martha Woodall

[Kid Shelleen]

Philadelphia police said a "flash mob" with thousands of teenagers and young adults swarmed South Street Saturday night causing businesses to close early and bringing law enforcement from across the city to control the crowd.

--snip-- Mobs of teens have disrupted Center City three times in the last three months. On Dec. 18, students from several city high schools responded to a call via Facebook to participate in a massive gathering in response to fights at the Gallery food court. Some of the teens later randomly attacked pedestrians on nearby Center City streets

[Vehmgericht]

“A 54-year-old man riding his bicycle home from work was critically injured when he beaten by a group of young men.” Just think. This could have made the national news if the victim had been Amish instead of the perpetrators. Also doesn’t this “newspaper” have an editor? Or maybe he be on vacation.

[ASA Vet]

This is a clip

This is a magazine

[fieldmarshaldj]

I stand corrected.

[MCH]

Also doesn’t this “newspaper” have an editor? Or maybe he be on vacation.

Maybe. You could always call the paper and aks them.

[EBH]

How can they do that when they are not even educated about America anymore?

[1010RD]

Proper gun control will help resolve this issue.

[1010RD]

I doubt these kids have both parents.

[1010RD]

You could always call the paper and aks them.

LOL - it is axe not "aks" and dem not "them"! Did you go to a publik skewl?

[RadioCirca1970]

Acorn Youth

[ChildOfThe60s]

essential demographic information regarding the mob

Racist profiler /sarc

[mad_as_he$$]

lol..true.

BTW I think patriots could learn to use flash mob(s) very effectively.

[Leisler]

Killadelphia.

[Leisler]

Asians and Jewish kids in National Honor Society gangs.

[oh8eleven]

Forty seven years ago it was The Orlons ...

Where do all the hippist meet? (South Street, South Street)
Where the dancin is elite (South Street, South Street)
Side by side we're loose and neat
When we're stompin down the street
Hurry down, baby she's the hippist street in town!(Oh baby)

[mountainlion]

Jr Democrat practice session.

[Repeat Offender]

Who you think you is 101? em-see lay it down how he wanna.

Doan make me hit my peeps on fayt-book.

[McBuff]

Meet me on South Street
OH YEAA
Hurry on down
O Ba By
Meet me on South Street
The hippest street in town

[dayglored]

> Where do all the hippist meet?
> The hippist street in town
> The hippest street in town

Having grown up around Philly in those days (1963 or so) I always thought the line was "the hippest street in town".

But the official (record company) rendering of the first line is "hippies", meaning "those who are 'hip'" in the jazz lexicon. The song came out years before San Francisco-style hippies were known to the East Coast. The song refers to "hipsters", that is, cool R&B/soul/jazz-oriented folks.

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippie_(etymology)#Hip.2C_hipster_and_hippie, third paragraph.

[oh8eleven]

Having grown up around Philly in those days (1963 or so) ...
The home of American Bandstand.
Back in the day when (most) R&R was positive, fun, and great new dances popped up all the time.

[1776 Reborn]

Yep, just hoodlums in the streets.