Flash Mob of Bandits Strikes Again — This Time a Las Vegas Convenience Store
- Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:19pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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We showed you last week how flash mobs of thieves have terrorized stores in D.C. Now it seems the trend is popular outside the nation’s capital. A similar mob of 35 bandits struck a convenience store in Las Vegas over the weekend, making off with about $600 worth of merchandise and even the clerk’s cell phone:
“It became a feeding frenzy,” City Stop owner Jon Athey told KLAS-TV. “They were in the store for three minutes and 30 seconds… It’s a pretty scary thing.”
“This is the biggest one I’ve ever seen,” he added.
Athey said the crooks made multiple trips during the robbery, leaving and returning to line their pockets.
“We were blessed nobody was hurt,” Athey said. “You can’t allow this to happen, because it’s going to break out into violence. Some cashier is going to decide that he’s got to defend the property, and he’ll get hurt.”
Police are still investigating the crime.
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Comments (320)
lunchmeat
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:48pmYo, dog – we be keepin’ it real, noam sayin’? Gettin’ us some commisary, lookin‘ for obama’s stash.
Report Post »randy
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:48pmWow, look at all those white guys!!!!
Report Post »fido
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 4:42amEhh, you be looking at negatives?? :-)
Report Post »Bro Geo Too
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:48pmDecades of liberal/progressive handouts in the name of helping the downtrodden have produced generations of leeches sucking the life out of our county. While Abraham Lincoln and republicans freed the slaves, the vote-buying entitlement-minded democrats were only to happy to shackle them again. What say you, Accomplice, I mean, Reverend Al?
You might want to page through the book, “When Helping Hurts”.
Report Post »ladyda
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:52pmYou got that right!
Report Post »eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:47pmWow – obama’s foot soldiers are everywhere – - – obama blows his wealth-redistribution dog whistle, and his troops attack! Does this attack fall under “Let’s Move”, “Winning The Future”, “Hope & Change“ or ”Together We Thrive”?
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:05pmI think it falls under “Let Me Be Clear” and “I, My Program”.
Report Post »ladyda
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:47pmThieving dirt bags……we don’t have to pay for things, we don’t have to be responsible for ourselves, we want something….we’ve been taught to just take it…we are entitled!
Tell your mom’s they can be proud….they did a FABULOUS job raising you…. low lives.
Report Post »million
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:46pmA simple solution to these low life creeps would be to have the locks set up so once all the rats are inside the store the clerk can flip a switch that would give him and any other employees ten seconds to get out and would then lock all exits. No way out till the police arrived. I would love to see the looks on their faces once they realized they were stuck and busted bigtime.
Report Post »randy
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:52pmAwesome Idea
Report Post »BHAMCONSERVATIVE
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:57pmYou think they would have been prosecuted? Fat chance! Slap on the wrist at best.
Report Post »packrbackr
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 7:54amThey would do more damage to property, maybe if we are lucky they will kill each other over the ice cream bars
Report Post »JAMACAMECRAZYMAN
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 11:52amThey would crash out the windows……………………..
Report Post »chips1
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:45pmIt seems as though these are the same guys that were in the last flash mob story. Are they being driven around in Obummer’s SEIU bus?
Report Post »raspberrytea
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:30pmLol !! That funny.
Report Post »Red Max
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:44pmJust an idea but, it would be great if stores had a switch to activate a gate or gates blocking all exits and detaining them until police arrive. It would be a lawful citizens arrest.
Report Post »Vet with Vendetta
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:28pmI agree, but I can already see what the libbies would say about that…. “It’s a violation of human rights because their safety is at risk in the event of a fire.“ I can almost see a raging owner ”accidentally” setting the place ablaze after the lock-down.
Report Post »Moment of Clarity
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 4:57amyou need to get “buzzed in” and “buzzed out” when you visit some jewelry shops -
Report Post »jungle J
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:42pmhow could all of these people make themselves look black?
Report Post »chips1
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:50pmPancake #31.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 9:48pmWait until this catches on with the Mexicans…….. after-all the store is sitting on their land
Report Post »ADNIL
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:42pmThis is the entitlement generation. How sad. No integrity, no honor, no personal responsibility, no parents (or at least none that care about them).
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:43pmTotally agree
Report Post »Outlaw_Josey_Wales
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:41pmGo ahead flash mob make my day.
Report Post »stinkybisquit
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:39pmGreet with a flash mob of bullets.
Report Post »ItsallaboutJesus
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:29pmMy thoughts too!
Report Post »million
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:37pmRiots are the next step in places like this. Beer and candy bars won’t be enough for rats like these punks. Wide screen TVs other high end products would be much more fun for them.
Report Post »RightInSoManyWays
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:36pmAlso, that doesn’t look like a very diverse group there, does it. I ain‘t sayin’, I‘m just sayin’.
Report Post »oriondma05
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:52pmNow now now.. there was that one white girl. But I think she’s a lost cause. The youngin’s were just grabbing the beer for when the run a train on her. Parents must be proud.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:35pmLicense plate #’s should be compared to stolen vehicles list.
Report Post »Vet with Vendetta
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:26pmThat’s probably how they stole those too, flash mob a parking lot.
Report Post »melloalan
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:34pmthis i a very bad trend.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:05pm@melloalan, this is not nothing new,they have been pulling this crap for years,it is just being publicized more,the only reason why these uneducated animals do this is because they know the law can do anything to them, they have been taught by van jones to disrespect the police and their parents, so they are just following obama agenda. create chaos!!!
Report Post »ItsallaboutJesus
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:27pmI agree. Round them up. They want free food? Let’s give them free food with room and board from behind bars and tall fences. It was premeditated. They didn‘t even bother looking away from the camera’s. Find them.
Report Post »RightInSoManyWays
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:34pmNo flash mobs in Texas yet? Wonder why….
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:58pm@rightinsomanyways, there will be flash alright,the one from the barrel of a gun ,and man what a flash it can produce, and as for the mob, well you know what happens to them.
Report Post »Vet with Vendetta
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:22pmBuckshot is very handy in a situation like this, talk about 2 birds with one stone. I don’t care how many are trying to get through the door, when the first two or three drop, suddenly the beer just doesn’t seem worth it.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:32pmNow now nothing to see here folks just some kids monkeying around.
Report Post »salvawhoray
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:52pmhow dare you say that.
Report Post »Teens don’t like to be called kids. lol
Hephzibah
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:22pmRemember now, you can’t use that term.
Report Post »hey ohms
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:32pmthirty five people? Thats makes a strong case for high capicity magazines ain’t it?
Report Post »bluematrix90
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:31pmI would of locked the store called the cops, and if i had a gun take it out and say don’t you even try!
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:30pmAnd barry wants to make large clips for guns illegal. Thats what was needed here. Flash mobs like this are going to spread.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:34pmMuzzle Flash repeatedly.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:12pmHe doesn’t want you taking out thugs .. oh I mean his voters!
Report Post »hey ohms
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:29pm35 people? thats a good case for high capacity magazines.
Report Post »Borderlegion
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:41pmWith a 30 round clip you would only have to re-load once……………
Report Post »Vet with Vendetta
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:12pmHaha… here here… I just mentioned that on my reply to the first comment. DRUM MAGS for everyone!
Report Post »tom0702
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:54pmHmmmm… “35-round mobazine”
Nice ring, eh!
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:29pmPolice are still investigating…..Ummm I can see them right there in the picture….Maybe the mob should do the investigating, they will hurt their profits
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:22pmObama’s thugs .
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:27pmIf only the store owners and/or clerks could be armed while performing their clerkly duties.
Report Post »iamHeidi
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:36pmI love your name, and I’m on your side. :)
Report Post »AMERICAN FOREVER FOREVER AMERICAN
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:42pmYes. Machine guns.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:51pmI’m with you on that …. be hard to “miss” ;-)
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:55pm@lesbian packing hollow points, shot first and ask questions later, that should be on every business door in this country,
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:10pmThe clerks revenge will be when they eat those hot dogs. They will have the trots for weeks.
Report Post »Vet with Vendetta
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:14pm@ Darmok… LMBO
Report Post »WHITE LOTUS2x
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:58pmLesbian Packin…….the store owners or most store owners are only concerned about the bottom line. If you are a clerk take care of youself and worry bout the hoopla later. At least you will be alive. Gangs of blacks have been doing this, even or mostly in smaller towns since the mid 80s. Their is no way to stop them when they come. They come from larger towns and are like a pack of wild animals. Lotus.
Report Post »thebarbarian
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:22amlesbian hollowpints
Report Post »your on to something here. folks i don’t mean to be a killjoy here. reality calls. these youngsters were/are being raised to be thuglettes. they are going to grow up to be thugs. when the smelly excrement hits those rotating blades that’s going to be a part of who your going to have to fight. not good. these are brainwashed children. it’s going to be so ugly :(
let us prey
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:26pmI guess the free gas and mortgage payments never showed up.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:27pmLMAO you beat me to the punch.
Report Post »ISeeDanger.com
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:28pmWelcome to the new America…
Report Post »http://www.ISeeDanger.com
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:29pmJonesing for jerky.
Report Post »Maybe it was just a bunch of Republicans that wanted Slushies so they could watch Obama and the Dems “Push the Car out of the ditch”.
wheels
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:34pmOh, I’m sure the checks showed up, but it’s just not enough, they’re entitled to more, MUCH more!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:34pmThese are the part of that 98% which will vote for Obama in 2012
Paradiddle69
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:34pmGreat comment! The Obama money didn’t materialize…LOL!
Although, this isn’t really funny. Our wonderful affirmative-action-appointee–in-chief and one of “his” people (Holder in the injustice department) would surely look the other way; unless the perpetrators were evil Honkeys!
Report Post »davecoolworld
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:34pmWhy is it that people with more melanin think this is ok?
Report Post »LAM2
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:35pmThis is what life is like living in a thugocracy — just take it!! — and these punks are taking their cues from the top levels of our government, education establishment, labor organizations, etc. This is the fruit of class warfare. Thanks a bunch, Mr. President, Bill Ayers, Trumpka, Soros, Dohrn, Stern and co.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:35pmSharptoon, Jack@$$1-where are you ?
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:37pmThis is probably very un_PC of me…but come on…it is what it is…I believe black Americans give themselves the bad name.
Report Post »NuffSaid
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:38pmWhat happened? I guess these young people could find Obama’s stash.
Seems to be a simple act of leaderless mobbing, like seagulls on a carcass. I didn’t see a silver back.
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:39pmWheres Pickle ? these are the kind of story’s he loves
Report Post »nptden
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:40pmThis is Obama’s Army. Watts, Bedford-Sty, and ACORN people. What do you expect?
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:42pmI’m sure the h@g$ of the View will strain their jaundiced eyes to look for “ white” people in that video ?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:47pmThis is too well coordinated for a simple hit; they knew what they were doing, and the fact they did make multiple returns for stuff suggests there may have been a vehicle or vehicles nearby as well for their stash of stuff to be gotten away on.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:48pmOne other thing too, I imagine if some cashier does feel the need to defend themselves, the fed’s will be after their tails for some kind of hate crime for not letting the store be robbed.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:49pmLOL .. I wonder what would happen if a shop keeper started shooting … be hard to “miss”.
Report Post »Finch88
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:50pmI guess inflation got to them.
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:55pmLooks like they thought it was pretty funny too. Hope they catch them!
Report Post »avenger
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:55pmwow…brilliant..they got about $20 each…public school education really works,must have flunked math…
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:58pm@ CatB … yes the cashier might have got a few .. but i bet 20 more guns would have been turned on him, I’m sure many of them were packing, but time will tell, if this keeps up someones gonna get hurt
Report Post »Vet with Vendetta
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:07pmI guess the 9 shells my semi-auto shotgun holds won’t be enough to fend them off. I need a 100 round drum mag for an M4 now. Goodness forbid we’d ever be able to purchase those however because “no-one would feasibly need to use a magazine with that capacity.” -yea right.
Report Post »Vet with Vendetta
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:16pmThere needs to be a contingency plan that allows the employees to exit the store and lock down the store. Just lock em all in there till the police arrive. The bleeding hearts would have a fit though because that could cause a traumatic event to their fragile minds… psht
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:17pmBunch of racist thugs, not one white crackah around, bet they don’t even like white folk.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:20pmLOL Man, these dudes are clowning out nowadays.
2nd Amendment.
Use it.
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:38pmEverybody wanting their “OBAMA MONEY” ———-
Liberal Thought is defined as follows — ————– The world owes me a living and today is payday.
Report Post »arx
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:38pmI wonder if a concealed weapon holder would be prosecuted for taking out his weapon and ordering everyone out. In a case like this I would feel very threatened, as any one of these idiots could decide to start throwing sucker punches…
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:43pmThankfully, the SEAL team is on it’s way back to America, first stop?
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:51pmA citizen exercizing their 2nd Amendment right to open carry or concealed carry has all the power to arrest at gunpoint as a police officer.
I keep telling you people.
We ALL are the police.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 9:19pmNever thought Kool Menthols would come to this
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 9:27pmThug Union, holders mob, from polling place to 7 -11, on to fort knox.
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:03pm@ Cheezewhiz
They won’t vote for Obama for the simple reason that they will be too busy with rap music, partying and stealing from someone else to go to the polls. I hope the cops got enough info to round them all up and put them away for a while. Problem is, they will most likely just get community service because the courts can’t be too hard on black folk. Al Sharpton would object!
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:12pmI didn’t see any white folks in that bunch,doing the will of Al Sharpton,no doubt
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:04pmWhere is the law?
Report Post »Chief Moolah Eggplant
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:54pmCleaned out all the Jolly Rancher candy?
Report Post »Omikronian
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:41am“A crowd of young people” just like all the gangs of “youths” in France.
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:28amthis reminds me of the time people came over from Europe and walked in a took whatever they wanted.
Report Post »TexasGuy
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:34amWhere’s Al Sharpton in all of this??? Maybe he should focus less energy on demonizing people of other color and spend more energy in teaching his followers the basic principle of “human respect” and “treating others as you would like to be treated.”
Report Post »GBMBulletsSKNRD
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:35amOne warning shot and then shoot to kill. That would put a stop to this madness.
Report Post »frodis
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 7:58amI bet this becomes a trend. Hey Jessie, take care of your issues and stop criticizing us. Just a pathetic video and lack of respect. They’re all laughing like they all deserve this stuff.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 8:28amMaybe they should create a system where a store can go into lock down and the can only be opened when police arrive. Or arm the cashiers and create laws that allow them to shoot in situations like this.
Report Post »urrybr
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 10:52amIs it me, or were 99.9% of those kids african-americans? And they wonder why the stereotypes exist. When will these people realize that they, Jesse Jack-a$$, and Al, the pal, not so Sharp-ton are their own worst enemies? The sad thing is that these illiterate thugs give a bad name to all African-Americans. There‘s a word that describes these people but it’s not PC to say it.
Report Post »militiaman
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:40pmWhat the reporter on this story doesn’t know apparently is that these “swarms” were not confined to the DC area before this. I’ve seen others reported throughout the country MANY TIMES.
In addition to these swarms to steal items there have been several others that amount to mob attacks against one or a few individual whites, Asians and Hispanics. The Hispanics, however, are the only ones who create their own mobs in response and fight back.
And, I can bet you whatever you want that, if the matter amounted to federal crimes Holder would refuse to prosecute “his people,” under some flimsy excuse that he believes they have been cheated all their lives by white or Asian store owners…or something similar.
There is no uniformity of law in the federal government right now.
Report Post »pitboss711
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 5:37pmBrave and tough in a gang…cowardly punks when alone.
Report Post »DirectlyUnPCman
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 6:10pmBlack punks everywhere will copy this behavior. It worked for these losers.
Report Post »Evileye
Posted on May 7, 2011 at 10:43amWE is Outraged
Report Post »WE be Slaves
WE are Entitled also an Av IQ of 85
This are the Ideas taught to them by there leaders
Sharpton,Malcolm X,Farrakhan and Obumbler
jmparrish
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 6:16amThis appears to be a party that ran out of beer, the young men decided to take the beer they wanted. . . a ‘beer run’ but rather then just a guy grabbing a case and running out the door it was dozens of guys grabbing a case and walking out the door, then back in to get more. . .i dont think a person with a conceiled carry permit would win a case of arresting someone like this because it is not a felony act, and holding a shoplifter at gun point could be considered something like abduction or holding someone against their will at gun point as kidnapping by the law. That could land a good law abiding citizen in prison for a long time. . . u can use your gun to stop a felony act and shoplifting doesnt fit the bill. . .
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