Teen flash mobs

One of the more worrisome trends emerging in America, is the recent trend of teen flash mobs. These mobs are being organized on social networking sites like facebook and the members then meet at a predesignated area (usually a business) where they rampage through the store stealing as they go. groups of twenty or more and absolutely no warning and no means to prevent the crime.

Teenage Flash Mob Robberies on the Rise

The same technologies that for years have brought together the mostly benign and goofy "flash mobs," in which groups suddenly break into dance at a mall or stumble around like zombies at train stations, is being used to plan and execute bold robberies.


Called “flash robs,” these crimes are being organized by young teenagers through various social media outlets, most notably Twitter. Police say the suspects select a time and place and enter the store in droves taking what they want and leaving before security or police can catch them.


Some of the most brazen robberies take place in the light of day and on busy streets despite all the security cameras and the watchful eyes of workers.


“Young people are risk takers; they do things in groups far more than adults do. A medium like Twitter plays into the characteristics of young person’s behavior,” Scott Decker, a professor of criminology at Arizona State University, told FoxNews.com.

Take note and pay attention to the reports of these mobs, as they will only increase and this is precisely what is to be expected should America experience a true economic collapse. And that is more than a very real possibility in my estimation. It has reached the point where it has become an inevitability IMO.