{"id":83923,"date":"2015-12-30T14:44:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T22:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=83923"},"modified":"2015-12-30T14:44:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T22:44:00","slug":"dawn-of-the-dead-in-americas-malls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=83923","title":{"rendered":"Dawn Of The Dead In America\u2019s Malls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Kersey writes<\/a>: \"Tarod-Thornhilll\"Tom Singleton, his wife Mary, and their son Dylan went shopping at the Monroeville Mall in Pennsylvania in February 2015. It almost cost them their lives. An argument between two black gangs ended in gunfire. As thugs like these are not known for their accuracy,<\/a> it was the Singleton family that was shot. Tom\u2019s femoral artery was severed and Mary was struck in the back. [Lawsuit alleges Monroeville Mall owners knew about security risks<\/em><\/a>, by Kaitlin Zurawsky, WTAE<\/em>, October 16, 2015] The suspect was exactly what you\u2019d expect: black thug named Tarod Thornhill (right) who, despite being only 17, loved posing as a criminal on social media<\/a> and had a history of gun violations [Monroeville shooting suspect has record of gun violations<\/em><\/a>, by Liz Navratil, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/em>, February 10, 2015]<\/p>\n

\"dawn-of-the-dead-poster-19781\"Monroeville Mall is famous because it was the setting for the 1978 film Dawn of the Dead.<\/a> <\/em>Director George Romero transformed the banal location into a scene of bloody horror. But in today\u2019s America, slaughter and anarchy at a shopping mall is practically clich\u00e9<\/a>. And after Christmas, once again, chaos erupted at shopping malls across America that could have easily led to the kind of violence inflicted on the Singleton family.<\/p>\n

The largest riot took place at the Mall St. Matthews in a suburb of Louisville, Kentucky. Although the town is mostly white<\/a>, thousands of \u201ckids and teens\u201d engaged in a giant brawl, forcing shoppers to find \u201csafe havens\u201d in stores to escape [Louisville Mall Shut Down After 2,000 Kids, Teens Fight<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> Lex18<\/em>, December 27, 2015]. One shopper called it the \u201cscariest moment she has ever had\u201d and police radio captures people begging for help [Police radio traffic at Mall St. Matthews: ‘We need help. We need people over here’<\/em><\/a>, by Antoinette Konz, WDRB<\/em>, December 28, 2015]<\/p>\n

The cameras capture mobs of blacks running through the mall as business owners tried to protect their customers [Cameras capture chaos that shut down Mall St. Matthews<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>by Josh Breslow, WDRB, <\/em>December 28, 2015]. The scenes uncannily resemble the opening stages of a zombie movie<\/a>, as the fragile fabric of civilization <\/a>begins to rip apart and physical safety <\/a>is no longer taken for granted.<\/p>\n

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More than fifty officers were dispatched to the mall, which was ultimately evacuated and shut down. Needless to say, no one was arrested [Mall St. Matthews shut down Saturday night after police respond to numerous “riots,”<\/em><\/a> by Fallon Glick, WDRB<\/em> December 27, 2015]\/<\/p>\n

And, needless to say, the government and police did not mention the ethnicity of the raceless<\/a> youths.<\/p>\n

In fact, the white mayor of St. Matthews, Rick Tonini<\/a> [Email him<\/a>] did his best impression of a Vichy France politician and immediately blamed ennui as the reason black people scared patrons<\/a> at the mall:<\/p>\n

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Mayor Tonini says it’s likely the teens didn’t have anything better to do that night, and the mall became the hangout spot. He says he doesn’t believe the kids meant any harm and supports police for not making any arrests.<\/p>\n

“When you were 14, 15, or 16 years of age and had nothing to do on a Saturday, you’d look for something to do,” said Mayor Tonini. “I don\u2019t think anyone left their home with the idea that they were going to do any harm. The only real harm that was done was stores had to close early.”<\/p>\n

“What are we going to arrest them for — being noisy? There were some kids who were mouthy and a little bit belligerent towards the police,” Tonini said. “I don’t think, in this case arrests would have done anything but incite more panic.”<\/p>\n

[St. Matthews Mayor: Chaos at mall likely caused by boredom, social media<\/em><\/a>, by Samantha Chatman, WDRB<\/em>, December 28, 2015]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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