We're on our way to becoming a turd world nation

The Mall of America is a favorite destination for Minneapolis Gangsta's. On December 26 a fight (with up to 200 porch monkeys) turned into a smash & grab / flash mob.

The City Pages link below has some video (cell phone quality).

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Various estimates put the size of the brawling crowds between 50 and 200 youths, who fist-fought and threw chairs as shoppers caught in the middle darted for cover.

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one large group began fighting in a food court, but the seemingly random and contagious violence spread quickly to other parts of the mall. At one point, police had reports of 10 fights going on at once.

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Some stores closed their doors as cops with weapons drawn tried to restore order to the mall. At one point they began forcing shoppers out the doors of a first floor entrance to break up the melee. Police eventually arrested at least 10 juveniles and young adults, and luckily no one was injured.

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http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2...of_america.php

Here's another - a mini-mob of yard-apes in downtown Minneapolis (this was in September):

http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2...ance_party.php