50 Philly Teens Arrested for Curfew Violations in Flash Mob Crackdown
- Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:07pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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PHILADELPHIA (The Blaze/AP) — About 50 teenagers were arrested for violating a newly enforced curfew for minors aimed at cracking down on mobs of young people responsible for random attacks on people as well as property damage, police in Philadelphia said Saturday.
The arrests began about 9 p.m. Friday downtown and on South Street, a 10-block strip of bars, restaurants and stores on the edge of downtown that has long been a hangout for teens and 20-somethings, said police spokeswoman Officer Tanya Little.
Mayor Michael Nutter announced last week a curfew of 9 p.m. for those under 18 on Fridays and Saturdays downtown and in nearby University City, home to the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University.
50 Teens Picked Up After Philly Curfew: MyFoxPHILLY.com
A first arrest could mean a fine of $100 to $300 , and parents could be fined up to $500 for successive violations by their children. In other parts of the city, the curfew remains 10 p.m. for those under 13 and midnight for those under 18.
Other measures in the crackdown included increased enforcement, a campaign to get business leaders to register their security cameras with the police department and extended hours for about 20 youth centers in the city.
In one mob attack last month, a man ended up in the hospital with broken teeth and a wired jaw after a group of teenagers attacked him downtown. Hours later, a crowd of young people assaulted four other men. An 11-year-old boy was among the four young people arrested in the case.
Nutter took the pulpit of his own West Philadelphia church last weekend to call out teenagers involved in violent mobs that have left several people injured in recent weeks and said parents need to get more involved in their children’s lives.
“You’ve damaged yourself, you’ve damaged another person, you’ve damaged your peers and, quite honestly, you’ve damaged your own race,” said the mayor, who is black. He also called out absentee fathers and neglectful parents of teens involved in the attacks, many of whom are African-American.
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Comments (117)
DREDGE
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 5:09pmI get a laugh out of the comment that the riff raff will spoil the efforts of those that are really trying!
Report Post »Why don’t they try to bring some law and order to their areas vote out the local commies and take some responsibilities for their own people. They scream and shout racism with everything the whites do to control the animals and then cry about how they can’t get ahead. What crap! I don’t hear of all the rich Negros donating vast sums of money to help educate and civilize the animals. No, they want out to move where the whites are.
Bushie
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 5:36pmFirst the city’s, now the suburbs, next the country then finely the entire USA. Go help my grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 5:06pmI think you are a NYT/Media Matters plant doing the Jason Levin stuff.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 5:04pmThe poor mayor. Am sure the ACLU, Al, Jesse, Maxine , and all of the Regulars will be up in arms. Probably be calling him an Uncle Tom for having the nerve to say that the parents were responsible for their children’s supervision. All of the Regulars only believe in Blaming someone else, not accepting responsibility! I admire the mayor’s courage to speak out when it is certain that he will suffer a big blow back from the Regulars who just like to stir up discord.
Report Post »I Love Howie Carr
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 5:24pmagreed. i was expecting him to blame whitey, but he did the right thing. bravo!
Report Post »junkmaninohio
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 5:56pmThe Mayor will be villified by the race baiters like Jesse jackson, Al Sharpton and others. Just ask Bill Cosby (a Philadelphia guy) what happened to him when he said the same thing about the black culture. The race baiters crucified him.
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 4:44pmAt first I thought that if there aren’t a proportionate numbers of black and whites arrested they would all be let go because someone would call the arrests racist. But now that I think of it regardless of how many whites were arrested if even one black was arrested the left will claim racism.
Report Post »MyTurnNow
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 5:12pmOf course, all crime is committed equally according to the racist NAACP and their bullsh*t affirmative action and EEOC numbers. But BLACK is committed more equally than others ….. disproportionately speaking!
Report Post »Edct
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 5:44pmLook at reality….most of the criminals in prisons are black and mexican so I guess reality is racist.
Report Post »2ndAkeepsmefree
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 4:39pmI smell ACLU lawsuit.
Report Post »Spock
Posted on August 14, 2011 at 12:49pmI smell a bunch of stupid a@@ racist ngrs with their cheap after shave in a court room paid for by affirmitive action funds who couldn’t make out a dam grocery list.
Report Post »Just in time
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 4:25pmHit them in the wallet. That is going to get someones attention. The democrats were calling for increasing revenue. This will do just that. Unless somehow they get out of paying the fines issued by the courts. Maybe Eric Holder will say only the white people will be fined.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 4:31pmWhen the powers that be figure out that this can be a new revenue scheme, watch out. This will be like the speed trap for autos. Who are you and why are you out so late? $500.00 fine
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 5:15pmNo one caught should be allowed to be on welfare again…
Report Post »momsense
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 5:28pmWould you be surprised–they’re“ his people”
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 4:07pmLeaving it up to the police officer’s discretion means the politicians will be able to play both sides ,when the leftwing media, aclu and naacp cry foul and racism .The POLLiticians will act indignant and look to prosecute those “out of control police”(fall guy) who violated those “young people’s” (thugs) civil rights.
Report Post »tckid17
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:55pmPhilly Mayor for President!
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 4:14pmno thanks
Report Post »momsense
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 5:30pmGod NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »momsense
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 5:33pmNooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »BillyPenn
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 6:19pmNo, no and no !!!
Report Post »Dabldo
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 8:57pmBetter’n what we gots now. (Said for effect you sticklers of detail outs der.)
Report Post »Xpat48
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:48pmAnd let me “Guess” their race. Why do I think I already know?
Report Post »capecodsully
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:46pmWell at least the Mayor is trying, he has a good plan. If Obama were the mayor he’d be blaming the “white tea ******” business owners and doing nothing.
Report Post »kindling
Posted on August 14, 2011 at 12:47amNo, he would say the police were acting stupidly and go on vacation.
Report Post »Uechi
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:43pmYou really think these thugs or there dysfunctional families are going to pay the fines?I expect to hear from the likes of race baiter Al ebonics Sharpton and Jesse Jackson crying racism on these poor black criminals.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:53pmThere will probably be a new taxpayer government program to pay the fine for them.
Report Post »truehorseman
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 2:30pmnot only will they bond right out w/no money down,but the fine will be waved because the family is poor. probably aint no of them going home anyway,just a block or two over,like the drug dealers do when theirs a showing of badges around.
Report Post »Truthbeliever2
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:42pmOh Blaze you are so politcally correct it’s disgusting!
“50 Philly Teens” TEENS
“mobs of young people” YOUNG PEOPLE
Glenn Said that with this site and GBTV that political correctness would stop and the TRUTH would be told.
I guess this is to hard to do in a society that is no longer FREE.
Report Post »I’m starting to think Glenn got us all riled up to save something that is already GONE!
Xpat48
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:49pmThey were “White” and you know it!
Report Post »Xpat48
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:51pmThey were “*******’s.”. Just like me & my race.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:53pmDo you really think that any if these stories are written by The Blaze staff???? They are cut & pasted from other news sources. On the few occasions they choose to alter that formula, it typically results in ridiculous, embarrassing typos and grammatical errors.
Report Post »Karama
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:42pmGood! Hope all the “little” heathens stay in jail for a long time.
Have you noticed they are only doing this in places where there is no easy access to a concealed carry permit? I also want to put my two cents in as to what to do with the creeps we are way too soft on crime. I vote we go back to public flogging, take away the weight rooms and the cable tv and make them work on a chain gang (with plenty of water on hot days).
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on August 14, 2011 at 9:26am” we are way too soft on crime.” Yes we were told we are a nation of cowards By the great racist Eric Holder…Maybe we should prove him wrong..
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:26pmTaking donations to ship them to the U.K. and hand them over to the muslims looking for rioters to behead.
Please contribute…it should not cost all that much…they’ll be 1 way tickets.
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:25pmEvery group of people has its deadbeats, these are ruining everything for those who are actually trying.
Report Post »The_Outlaw
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:25pmMay I reccommend a good old ‘caning’ as they would do in Asia? That’ll teach these punks to behave.
Report Post »Ready2Rumble
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:31pmDitto.
Report Post »Karama
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:43pmYes!
Report Post »Xpat48
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:53pmSo will a “Rope.”
Report Post »Xpat48
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:55pmTake away their welfare.
Report Post »claymoremacm
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:23pmIf those punks had parents they would have a curfew anyway…..cane them they will get the point
Report Post »Spock
Posted on August 14, 2011 at 11:39amMaybe their parents need a curfew!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:21pmAre the Twittering with the black youth of London?
Report Post »Uncurable wound
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:36pmSomethings up..San fran,phillie,wisconson,???egypt,Israel???We have the Minnesota fair coming up,Ill wager a beer that something happens there.Something is very strange,you can feel it in your gut”calm before the storm?”The mass greed the wickedness in the world…
I agree with Mr Beck,-evil is on the rise!
WOW this is really gonna happen in our lifetime. God please give us your strength…
Report Post »IowaWoman
Posted on August 14, 2011 at 3:58pmIt has already happened at the Iowa state fair, again, this year, the main gate was closed for an hour, but not one word from the press, not even local news. Hmmm……….
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:21pmPut their parents eer, uhh I mean “parent” in jail too.
Report Post »BillyPenn
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 6:23pmCan you still collect welfare while in jail ? Just saying.
Report Post »AlansTigg
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:17pmslippery slope
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:25pmSlippery slope leading to what? Civilization? Safety?
Report Post »AlansTigg
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:33pmforced control…not like they’d only do this to the bad people. Not saying Nutter is bad by any means, just saying they got this far with small steps that seemed for the good at the time….road to hell and all that
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:37pmMinors do not have the legal right to be in public 24 hours a day. It’s called “law enforcement”.
Report Post »AlansTigg
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:55pmso there is curfew in your town for minors? I don‘t remember one anywhere I’ve ever lived, curfews were dictated by parents not LE
Report Post »2ndAkeepsmefree
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 4:47pmAgreed, if they riot – crush them – but if no laws are being broken….? Are you comfortable with government telling you when you can and can’t be outside?
Report Post »quicker
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 4:54pmLike my dad said the only people that are out after hours are hookers and crooks.Curfews are not a new thing ,And the only kids that should be out are the ones that are going home from work.
Report Post »alaskajohn
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:17pmSince it’s a black democrat mayor, probably not so much
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on August 14, 2011 at 9:36am@2NDAKEEPSMEFREE; Are you comfortable with government telling you when you can and can’t be outside? Umm , yeah when you’re talking about “children ” under a certain age… Besides, what the hell are kids doing on the street at the age of 11 ( I realize not all are 11 ) after 9 pm anyway ? Can’t be anything good.. The police shouldn’t have to tell anyone, it ‘s their mother that should be enforcing the curfews…
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:17pmFlash mobs of any kind seem pretty stupid to me. I have to give some respect to Nutter for his speech.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:13pmGood for you, Philadelphia! Your Mayor is a strong man, a good man who cares about you all. GOD BLESS him and GOD BLESS you! In JESUS’ name, amen.
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on August 14, 2011 at 9:39amThis as the democrat borrows some of your check to give to his people.. Yes ,yes he’s a good man..
Report Post »burr99
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:11pmOutstanding! Take em out Nutter.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:09pmPrepare for howls of rage from the race-pimping Left. Que the Reverends….
Report Post »Bushie
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 4:44pmOne way or another, the white man will be the one who pay for this either in violence or some BS subsidies. Obama’s people
Report Post »Bushie
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 4:52pmHere was a 5 minute report and NOT ONCE did the reporter say the word BLACK. Why?????
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