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Posted on 04/28/2011 8:10:14 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
ust before 6 p.m. Monday, a group of nearly 20 young men enter the trendy - and pricey - G Star Raw store at Connecticut Avenue and R Street near Dupont Circle and began helping themselves to whatever they wanted.
The store is down Connecticut Avenue from the National Zoo and this incident occurred about an hour after the stabbing there.
During their minutes long flash mob theft spree, video, exclusively obtained by ABC7 News, shows the suspects hunting through the merchandise as if they were looking for the right size, sometimes even leisurely. Other kids can be seen outside on cell phones and appear to be acting as lookouts for the police.
The store manager can be seen taking back some of the merchandise from some of the suspects.
According to store manager Gregory Lennon, the thieves made off with around a hundred items worth "thousands of thousands of dollars" from a store that is known for trendy and expensive styles of jeans, shirts and jackets.
"They helped themselves to whatever they wanted," said Lennon. "They had no fear, they weren't concerned. They were on their cell phones inside the store talking to their friend outside the store who were watching for the police."
"There were no police on the street," he said. "I looked outside and in both directions and couldn't see any officers."
The manager says he called 911 shortly before 6pm. There is a 10 minute gap between when the manager is seen on the phone and when an MPD officer entered the store.
Chief Cathy Lanier provided ABC7 with the MPD call log of the incident showing two 911 calls were made, and officers were dispatched about four minutes after the first call and reported on scene "canvassing" about three-and-a-half minutes later.
Chief Lanier told ABC7 News Reporter Kris Van Cleave by phone that the second call to police gave a direction the suspects were heading and officers went that way first
Via email, Lanier said for the type of call she referred to as "theft1": "This response was very quick."
Witness Dan O'Neill had just left the store and was trying on a jacket in a neighboring Benetton store that connects to G Star Raw when he heard an alarm and watched two men come from G Star Raw and exit through the front door of the Benetton.
MPD call log:
17:59:43….. 1st Call
18:01:36……2nd Call
18:03:48……Dispatched to 2084/Kelvin Rodriguez & 2085/Rochelle Reid
18:08:09……2084 on the scene via I-mobile 2085 canvassing
18:18:11……2085 available via MDT
18:25:50……2084 obtains CCN numbers for Theft 1
MPD commander Michael Reese said the 2nd District has had six similar thefts since July of last year. In March, they arrested suspects believed to be connected to several of the thefts.
He said the police presence is adequate but will be readjusted as needed.
Truly a weird scene. The “youths” look completely at ease, as if they were simply shopping, picking out their sizes, holding things up to examine them better, etc. Unreal.
This was in Washington, D.C., the District of Criminals, and if the honest store manager used a weapon to defend the store all hell would break loose and come down on his head like an anvil - he would be fired immediately by his Corporate bosses, charged with a litany of felony crimes by the local prosecutors, charged with "hate crimes" by the FEDGOV Injustice Department, hit with "civil rights" lawsuits by every two-bit, race husltin', dime store preacher in sight, and then condemned in the Corporate Media as the most evil, vile, inhuman monster you can be, a racist! With that kind of protection, which is ultimately the US military as all State power is backed up by the military, no wonder these punks are so brazen.
Obviously, all those business owners were racists,
not “people practicing common sense based on observation and experience”.
“Video not available”
I’m shocked;
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2011/04/store-hit-by-robbery-spree-during-zoo-stabbing-59663.html
“We have raised a feral fatherless generation of youth gangs in the ghetto.”
As I posted in a thread a few days ago, the people you are referring to are starting to have kids of their own. What do you think their kids are going to be like when they reach 16 years old?
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During their minutes long flash mob theft spree, video, exclusively obtained by ABC7 News, shows the suspects hunting through the merchandise as if they were looking for the right size, sometimes even leisurely. Other kids can be seen outside on cell phones and appear to be acting as lookouts for the police...
Apparently something new to look out for: "Flash mob theft sprees"
*sigh*
The KMA (Korean Merchants Association) prepared well for post King trial chaos. They had vans with rolling “flying squads” (armed KMA members) that moved from hot spot to hot spot. They were all tied together in a radio net that only spoke Korean so as to keep casual listeners from eavesdropping. Those guys took the saying “When seconds count the police are minutes away” deadly serious.
Welcome to Obama's America.
Sad sign of the times.
It’s no surprise that these “Rogue Amish” are stealing....they live off “Whitey’s money”, and they take what they want because they have a “Right” to have what Whitey has....it’s a way of life.
During the LA riots, a Taiwanese friend was on top of his jewelry shop with a Springfield M1A (civilian version of the M14). He was a Republic of China (ROC) Marine for 12 years and is a pretty good shot to 800 meters. It is rumored that he took pot-shots at several ‘yutes’ who pulled up in their pimpmobile. His brother, a former ROC national policeman, was actually inside the store with a Mossberg shotgun.
This same person has been attacked no less than 8 times in robbery and mugging attempts in LA, Chicago and NYC. Except for the attack in Chicago, he saved his money and jewelry in all the other attempts thanks to his martial arts skill. However, since he’s almost 65, a lot of his friends and relatives have tried to convince him to retire.
I didn’t know the Amish have cell phones. Or were those the more progressive Mennonites?
The way to know "black" is when race is left out of a crime story. When perps are white the MSM talks about it - down to 'blond hair, blue eyes'.
The store is between Dupont Circle and the zoo but closer to Dupont Circle and only one Metro stop down from the zoo on the Red Line. I was going by this in the article: “The store is down Connecticut Avenue from the National Zoo and this incident occurred about an hour after the stabbing there.” I doubt the stabbing had anything to do with this but I’m sure lots of SE residents were hanging out all over NW. I didn’t even know about “AA Family Day” but now that I do, I know which day I’ll never be going to the zoo...
Tavis Smiley: This Presidential Race Will Be Most Racist in History Due to Tea Party and Trump
Guess McDonald's beatdowns will have no impact.
Yes, I expect to see this happen a lot more, unfortunately.
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