Flash Mobs

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Flash Mobs



Flash Mobs

Date 

Location

Participants 

Types of Flash

Mobs

Description/Damage 

6/18/12

Detroit, MI

9

Business

Teens ransack gas station convenience store violently beat clerk

6/16/12

Troutdale, OR

30-40

Business

Teens storm Albertsons grocery, steal merchandise

6/14/12 

Portland, OR 

20-30

Criminal

Three victims attacked on tennis court

6/13/12

Portland, OR 

5-10/150

Criminal

14 year old boy beaten up and robbed

6/9/12 

Chicago, IL 



Criminal

23-year-old man was beaten up on the CTA Red Line near the State-Lake

6/9/12

Chicago, IL

10

Criminal

Teen mob attacks men on North State

6/9/12

Chicago, IL

10-20

Personal

36 year male doctor attacked while walking home

5/27/12 

Milwaukee, WI 

~30

Business

Teens fight in McDonalds

5/26/12 

Indianapolis, IN

5-7 

Criminal

Couple attacked and beaten while walking

5/23/12

Baltimore, MD

35-40

Criminal

Teens raid downtown 7-Eleven on free slurpee day

5/19/12

Tinley Park, IL

5

Criminal

Anti-Racist Action Group attacks white supremacist group dining at restaurant

5/17/12

Baltimore, MD

9, 19

Personal

High school student beaten by two separate groups of juveniles

5/13/12 

Tampa, FL 



Criminal

Army soldier beaten and robbed while walking home after car broke down 

5/7/12

St. Louis, MO

6

Criminal

Teen playing Knockout Game assaults man

5/5/12

Newark, NJ

10-15

Criminal

Five robbed and three attacked when teens attack 

4/27/12 

Portland, OR

15-20

Business

Max Mart & Deli convenience store ransacked, employee assaulted

4/21/12 

Mobile, AL

20

Personal

Man attacked with chairs, pipes and paint cans on his own front porch

4/21/12

Harrisburg, PA

8

Criminal

59 year old man robbed by 8 males, one w/ handgun

4/14/12

Norfolk, VA

30+

Criminal

Newspaper reporters attacked while driving home after a show

4/13/12 

Portland, OR

10 

Business

Teens cover faces, grab items from Nordstrom store and run out 

4/8/12 

Rohnert Park, CA 



Criminal

Four men and two women harass elderly man (all evidently white too!) - Good Samaritans who intervened beaten and robbed 

4/7/12

Portland, OR

16

Business

Chevron convenience store ransacked

4/7/12

Midland, TX

4

Criminal

Man attacked and suffers broken jaw in middle of street

4/7/12 

Gainesville, FL

5-8 

Criminal

27 year old male jumped and beaten while walking home from bars

4/1/12 

St. Louis, MO

15 

Criminal

62 and 53 year old males assaulted in park before teens target 16 year old and steal his iPod

3/31/12

Toledo, OH

6

Criminal

78 year old man robbed and assaulted by six juveniles

3/23/12

Minneapolis, MN

8-10

Personal

Three bicyclists attacked on Nicollet Mall.  One sustains broken jaw.

3/23/12

N. Miami Beach, FL

80-100

Educational

Walgreens ransacked by high school students during walkout protesting Trayvon Martin case 

3/17/12

Minneapolis, MN

20-30

Criminal

27 year old male blindsided by teenagers while walking

3/17/12

Seneca, SC

6

Criminal

32 year old man assaulted outside an Applebee's

3/17/12

Milwaukee, WI

"Mob"

Criminal

Mob of teens crosses the street unprovoked, swarms over 35 year old man

3/17/12

Baltimore, MD

~10

Criminal

Tourist viciously assaulted, stripped naked, and robbed

3/11/12

Minneapolis, MN

n/a

Criminal

Four men, ages 21 to 30, attacked. Two bikes stolen; one recovered.

2/25/12

Minneapolis, MD

4

Criminal

Suspects assault two men, ages 22 and 25.

2/24/12

Pittsburgh, PA

6

Personal

Man walking home from work attacked by six kids aged 11-14

2/20/12

Minneapolis, MN

6-7

Criminal

Six to seven young men, one with a handgun, threaten and then assault a 28-year-old

2/3/12

Minneapolis, MN

Several

Criminal

Several suspects, one displaying a handgun, assault a group of five young men, ages 18 to 19.

1/28/12

Syracuse, NY

9

Business

Grocery store swarmed, $38k stolen

1/28/12

Philadelphia, PA

~Dozen

Educational

College student in Center City assaulted as taxi cab

1/15/12 

Chicago, IL



Criminal

Asian teen brutally assaulted and robbed, video of attack was posted on YouTube 

12/26/11

Bloomington, MN

200

Business

Fights throughout mall, reports of shoppers being knocked down and items stolen from kiosks and mall goers

12/23/11

Over 20 Locations!

Many

Political

Fights and stampedes across country for release of Air Jordan sneakers

 12/5/11

Staten Island, NY

 50-55

Political

Huge crowd of teens on street for gang fight turn on police officer

11/26/11

Milwaukee, WI

>10

Business

Gas station convenience store ransacked ($500+ in merchandise stolen)

11/19/11

Silver Spring, MD

50

Criminal

7-Eleven ransacked by teens and young adults

11/17/11

Dallas, TX

>4

Criminal

Young teens try to rob DART passenger of his iPod

11/11/11

Minneapolis, MN

3-4

Criminal

Teens brutally ...