Monroeville Mall - keeping things classy (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh: shop, buses, suburbs)

[JimboPGH]

Kids gotta fight somewhere. Mall's as good a place as any.

Now if a fight broke out at Century III, would anyone be around to record it?

[JimboPGH]

Originally Posted by safak

Of course no one had cell phones rolling video and pumping onto facebook and twitter so..yeah it was much nicer back in the day I guess.

THIS.

Americans would have a much different perception of supposed societal decay if social media had been around thirty years ago, let alone during the widespread riots, white flight, and general urban decay of the LBJ and Nixon years.

[alastad]

go to whitegirlbleedalot.com to find out the real story behind these fights at malls which are breaking out across the country.

[steindle]

Originally Posted by alastad

go to whitegirlbleedalot.com to find out the real story behind these fights at malls which are breaking out across the country.

Or go to WorldNetDaily's Drum Major For Race-Baiting | ConWebWatch to learn about how the above-recommended book is basically overblown, alarmist, white nationalist propaganda.

[Pittsburghpride83]

This is bad press, but why is this not talked about much? Aside from the day the news broke. People are beating on the police officers for using deadly force rightly or wrongly. Yet they bury a story about a riot starting at a public mall that is supposed to be safe? Maybe because the same people complaing about cops with an itchy trigger finger are the same that start riots without cause.

[steindle]

Originally Posted by Pittsburghpride83

This is bad press, but why is this not talked about much? Aside from the day the news broke. People are beating on the police officers for using deadly force rightly or wrongly. Yet they bury a story about a riot starting at a public mall that is supposed to be safe? Maybe because the same people complaing about cops with an itchy trigger finger are the same that start riots without cause.

You mean like how this was the second featured story on the Trib site today: Malls tracking social media for posts about fights, protests or threats | TribLIVE? It's hard to see or hear things like that when you're intentionally ignoring them, though.

Also, why don't you spell out the disgusting implication in your final sentence a little more?

[gg]

Originally Posted by steindle

You mean like how this was the second featured story on the Trib site today: Malls tracking social media for posts about fights, protests or threats | TribLIVE? It's hard to see or hear things like that when you're intentionally ignoring them, though.

When was the 1,000 teen flash mob? Did I miss that? 1,000??? Wow, that must have been quite a site.

[norcider]

"This is bad press, but why is this not talked about much? Aside from the day the news broke. People are beating on the police officers for using deadly force rightly or wrongly. Yet they bury a story about a riot starting at a public mall that is supposed to be safe? Maybe because the same people complaing about cops with an itchy trigger finger are the same that start riots without cause."

What in the world are you talking about? The Monroeville Mall story was covered by the Daily Mail for crissakes.
Police make arrests as scores of rowdy teens erupt in bloody fights at malls across America* | Daily Mail Online

So how much more should it be covered? I don't recall the privileged white kids at WVU getting international (maybe it did, what's the point?) attention for rioting after the sports event dujour, but I didn't get upset about it either.

[SorryIMovedBack]

Originally Posted by Nick538

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Buses are necessary for many people but they are also methods of transport for lowlife individuals who, not content with the destruction of their own neighborhoods, now want to ruin things in better places.

I'm not sure why everyone flipped out over that statement. It's been discussed countless times on countless forums and in countless newspaper articles that a huge part of the reason why Americans are not in favor of public transportation extending into their safe suburban neighborhoods is that the lack of public transportation forces riffraff and criminal elements to provide their own transportation if they wish to go there to stead or desecrate. Just like putting bars on your windows and doors, it makes your place a little too much trouble so that the crime will go someplace else and pick an easier target.

[james777]

Originally Posted by norcider

"This is bad press, but why is this not talked about much? Aside from the day the news broke. People are beating on the police officers for using deadly force rightly or wrongly. Yet they bury a story about a riot starting at a public mall that is supposed to be safe? Maybe because the same people complaing about cops with an itchy trigger finger are the same that start riots without cause."

What in the world are you talking about? The Monroeville Mall story was covered by the Daily Mail for crissakes.
Police make arrests as scores of rowdy teens erupt in bloody fights at malls across America* | Daily Mail Online

So how much more should it be covered? I don't recall the privileged white kids at WVU getting international (maybe it did, what's the point?) attention for rioting after the sports event dujour, but I didn't get upset about it either.

The Daily Mail loves to cover sensationalist stories. It is the British version of the old daily tabloid US city newspapers which no longer exist because Americans no longer read, and they would rather watch the Kardashians.

Forget about the Daily Mail; Americans shouldn't have to look to a UK newspaper for domestic news. Where has it been covered in this country? Hardly a word anywhere. And these mall fights cannot be compared to disturbances after athletic events. The mall fights and youth attacking people on US city streets have nothing to do with sports or drunken revelry. Politicians like to keep it quiet and so do newspapers.