[Rummyfan]

The clerk activated a silent alarm, but police waited until the mob left the store before responding. Further, according to the video, the officer refused to investigate the crime, and only viewed this incident as shoplifting.

WTF? I know it's Montgomery County but c'mon!

[Hojczyk]

This is one reason why Obamas numbers are going down.....the word is going around the internet...Wisc State fair ect...Chicago.....

[Brett66]

the officer refused to investigate the crime, and only viewed this incident as shoplifting.

What was the officer's race?

[Dilbert San Diego]

Police waited to respond until after the mob left the store? Did I read this correctly? The cops waited until after the criminals finished up a crime in progress????

I can imagine that if you have a mob, that one police car would call for backup to help them, but do cops now just let criminals do whatever they want to do? Or is that the policy because this is a non-violent crime? Or is that the policy because blacks are a protected class under civil rights laws, and cops are afraid to intervene???

This hardly gives you confidence in the Montgomery County police and their job of protecting and serving the public.

[F.J. Mitchell]

Yeah! The Mutha of all shoplifting incidences.

[Lazamataz]

This is exactly why, in Atlanta, a lot of open-past-midnight convenience stores require you to be buzzed in through a locked door.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Well how encouraging can it get.

Thanks Holder and Obama

Your attitude is going to come back and bite you in your azz.
You are trying to start race wars here in America.

[davisfh]

Are any of you as amazed as I am that someone could convince a crowd of that size to commit an act like this? I don’t know of a single person that I could convince to engage in something like this.

[junta]

I like the Kansas City mall incident that Drudge has tried to link to, the mayor goes there, shots ring out and he has to hit the ground.

[Girlene]

“the officer refused to investigate the crime”....

?????

[P.O.E.]

The pump won’t work ‘cause the vandals took the handles.

[Blue Turtle]

Can anyone provide a listing of these type of happenings that have occurred in the past year?

[MulberryDraw]

LBJ’s grandkids (as Robert Wenzel might call them).

[TexasCajun]

Obamah-Mob - All your stash belong to us!

[Pollster1]

This has, I'm sure absolutely nothing to do with the flashmob and rampant theft, but I'm interested in the concept of "food deserts". Low-income blacks stranded in food deserts describes a situation in which: "In one of the richest countries in the world, there are 23.5 million Americans, almost half of which are at or below the poverty line, who live in "food deserts". These are usually communities where there is limited or no access to foods necessary to maintain a healthy diet. Food deserts occur mostly in low-income urban or rural areas where it's either cheaper or easier to purchase a burger and fries combo than fresh produce."

I assume that the combination of a "food desert" in their area and flashmob hurting one of the few sources of food they do have is bad luck. These two couldn't possibly be related, could they? These people are just hit hard by society through no fault of their own community.

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

[thefactor]

Ok, most of you guys aren't really getting this. This is a simple case of shoplifting. Small items were removed from the store without payment. Probably a couple hundred bucks worth.

What's the difference if it's done by one person or 20 people? No one was injured.

The assertion that cops 'waited' until the mob was gone isn't backed up by any evidence. If it was a silent alarm, how would the police know the situation? Were the cops in the bushed scared to confront the perps? Probably not.

What if the nearest cop was 10 minutes away and the mob only took 6 minutes to remove the items? Let's think a little bit here, people.

[Darteaus94025]

You racists on FR disgust me. These youths are simply selecting reparations.

/s

[rockabyebaby]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHyug2PvpB8

[Venturer]

Many of you have missed the point.

This story shows the ignorance of the Washington DC based black population that has moved into Montgomery County.

While flash-mobs in other cities have moved on high priced merchandisers the dipstick ignorant POS troops from Montgomery invade a 7-11 and steal slurpee’s and Moon pies.

These are the people who elected Governor O’Malley, Steny Hoyer, Mikulski and Cardin.

Nothing dumber than a S.E. Washington refugee or a P.G.County neighbor going next door for a Flash Mob scene.