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Cleveland Mayor Vetoes Flash Mob Crackdown
WLWT ^ | 5 August 2011

Posted on 08/05/2011 7:25:53 PM PDT by FourPeas

CLEVELAND -- Cleveland's mayor has vetoed a measure that would have made it a crime to use social media to organize a flash mob.

City council members who introduced the measure say teens have used Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites to pull together flash mobs that are really only large gatherings of trouble makers, instead of the usual large crowds breaking into dance.

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[Mayor Frank] Jackson told council members that the ordinance passed by them was a concern because it could interfere with the rights of the city's law-abiding citizens.

(Excerpt) Read more at wlwt.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: attackmobs; flashmobs; mobs
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I'm sure the kind of person who organizes violent mobs would certainly be deterred by such a law.

How do such stupid people get elected into positions of authority?

1 posted on 08/05/2011 7:26:00 PM PDT by FourPeas
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To: FourPeas

Ohio ...


2 posted on 08/05/2011 7:27:20 PM PDT by doc1019 (You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.)
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To: FourPeas

I do wonder why so many Gringos think that they can just go to an inner city and be left alone...even in a tourist area.

It should be clear from articles like this one that the leaders of these cities could CARE LESS about the safety of us Gringos...so why are some of us STUPID enough to keep going there?


3 posted on 08/05/2011 7:29:10 PM PDT by BobL (PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
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To: FourPeas

The citizens of Cleveland who elected him will get what they deserve at the hands of this idiot.


4 posted on 08/05/2011 7:30:44 PM PDT by CedarDave (For Sarah Palin news and updates, place "Keyword: palin" into your FR sidebar)
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To: FourPeas

So if someone had a gun and fired at those people who were trying to pull them out of car would be classified by this mayor as - what - exactly???


5 posted on 08/05/2011 7:30:43 PM PDT by SkyDancer (You know, they invented wheelbarrows to teach government employees how to walk on their hind legs.)
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To: FourPeas
City council members who introduced the measure say teens have used Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites to pull together flash mobs that are really only large gatherings of trouble makers, instead of the usual large crowds breaking into dance.

It was inevitable that "Holder's People" would discover their own special use for it.
6 posted on 08/05/2011 7:31:05 PM PDT by ZX12R (FUBO GTFO 2012 !)
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To: FourPeas

Why should such a law be necessary? Existing laws on aggravated gang activity, or disturbing the peace could be interpreted to penalize this activity, and should be.


7 posted on 08/05/2011 7:31:39 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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I wonder how many out there in Freeperland would go into Cleveland or any majority black or liberal city unarmed.
I sure as hell wouldn't!
8 posted on 08/05/2011 7:31:50 PM PDT by Tupelo ( 2012 TEA PARTYER but no longer a Republican)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Thank you ...we already have laws for that kind of ‘organizing activity’ in the whole STATE...just enforce the law.

I happen to think the VETO was correct in this case.


9 posted on 08/05/2011 7:33:54 PM PDT by EBH (God Humbles Nations, Leaders, and Peoples before He uses them for His Purpose)
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To: BobL

I don’t bother going to Philly anymore. Parking prices are horrendous, especially if the valet ransacks your car. There are plenty of places in the ‘burbs. If you want to go out and eat a good meal, or just hang out, there is a plethora of restaurants in King of Prussia, and Valley Forge Park to run, bicycle, or enjoy a simple picnic.


10 posted on 08/05/2011 7:36:30 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse (((((unite)))))
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To: FourPeas

I guess this brings out the “libertarian” in me. I like to see an authority disabuse himself of one more misguided ordinance meant to keep us all in line. In Cleveland no less. There is hope.


11 posted on 08/05/2011 7:37:25 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (minds change)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Exactly.


12 posted on 08/05/2011 7:39:59 PM PDT by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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To: FourPeas

Flash mobbers all vote democrat.


13 posted on 08/05/2011 7:42:45 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, A Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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I happen to think the VETO was correct in this case.

Yeah, but watch what the Mayor and LEOs do next about this, if anything, under existing law.

14 posted on 08/05/2011 7:45:15 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: SkyDancer

Sooner or later that is going to happen.


15 posted on 08/05/2011 7:46:37 PM PDT by A. Morgan (Ayn Rand: "You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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To: Pearls Before Swine

The need for laws that favor “Holder’s people”.


16 posted on 08/05/2011 7:53:06 PM PDT by doc1019 (You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.)
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To: A. Morgan

Also you carry a can of wasp spray. Two cans for a larger crowd. Still I bet you’d be the one arrested for assault since you’re white and they’re black. It’d be a hate crime.


17 posted on 08/05/2011 8:02:31 PM PDT by SkyDancer (You know, they invented wheelbarrows to teach government employees how to walk on their hind legs.)
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Better yet, outlaw the use of a spoken human language to organize a flash-mob.

That would show them!

18 posted on 08/05/2011 8:08:34 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Palin is coming, and the Tea Party is coming with her.)
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I happen to think the VETO was correct in this case.

I agree with you. The problem is that we have a bunch of leftist loons in positions of authority in our big cities. They will NOT enforce the existing laws on the books against the animalistic behavior of these loser, young degenerates--most of whom happen to be Democrats (read: blacks). What is the answer to stopping these wild animals? I shudder to think...

19 posted on 08/05/2011 8:08:54 PM PDT by WXRGina
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To: FourPeas

“A sum of money is a leading character in this tale about people, just as a sum of honey might properly be a leading character in a tale about bees.”


20 posted on 08/05/2011 8:10:06 PM PDT by logitech
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