RIOT AT MALL OF AMERICA over Lil Wayne & Drake rumor

[Danno 1,228]

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (WCCO) – Police arrested nine people at the Mall of America Monday, the day after Christmas, after multiple fights broke out, authorities said.

Mall of America officials released a statement saying that around 4:20 p.m. 50 juveniles caused a large disturbance in the north food court.

Witnesses said the fights started after there were reports that rappers Lil’ Wayne and Drake were visiting the Mall. Police, however, did not comment on these rumors.

Cmdr. Mark Stehlik of Bloomington police said in a press conference that 30 officers responded to the fight and arrested five people (both adults and juveniles) for disorderly conduct.

Mall of America security arrested four other people for disorderly conduct as well, Mall officials said.

Police said as many as 200 were involved the fights. A YouTube video, which contains profanity, shows a fight break out and rage before a police officer interrupts it. The fight occurs at roughly 50 seconds in.

As the fights were popping up, the Mall of America inadvertently called for a lock down. But the lock down was called off minutes later, Mall officials said.

There were no reports of serious injuries, Mall official said.

Although the Mall kept its normal hours, some stores within the Mall closed early.

Some witnesses reported being evacuated from the Mall; but police said that shoppers were escorted toward the east exit to make room for the investigation.

According to Stehlik, no weapons were recovered, and there are no reports of burglary. However, there is YouTube video of chairs being thrown.

Video captured police officers walking with their guns drawn; but police said this was in response to rumors of gun shots having been fired.

“It is very unfortunate to see these incidents occurring, especially during the holiday shopping season when families are out spending time together,” Mall officials wrote in a statement.

[Susita 175]

Drake, schmake. This is nothing compared to when Bieber comes to town. 12-year-old girls can be worse than thugs.

[Danno 1,228]

Drake, schmake. This is nothing compared to when Bieber comes to town. 12-year-old girls can be worse than thugs.

Post the vids, if you know of a good one.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

I do not miss going to the MOA....

It's nuts enough without the thugs being in there, and there are plenty of thugs in Minneapolis and the surrounding suburbs. These same thugs drove many popular restaurants out of downtown Minneapolis due to the harassment patrons received walking down the street. The city denies(d) there was ever a problem (of course) but people who walk down there frequently can attest to otherwise...

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

So it was not country music fans? I would have guessed a bunch of redneck country bumpkins that have guns and stuff...and I woud have been wrong.

Edited December 27, 2011 by Gary and Alla

[웃 910]

So it was not country music fans? I would have guessed a bunch of redneck country bumpkins that have guns and stuff...and I woud have been wrong.

You are wrong a lot.

How's your Cain prediction going? Or what you said over and over about a year ago - that we don't know who the GOP candidate will be because he isn't in the running yet, but it sure as hell won't be Romney!

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/310382-trump-escapes-further-scrutiny-by-pulling-the-presidential-plug/page__view__findpost__p__4671772

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/315191-mitt-is-done/page__view__findpost__p__4730688

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

You are wrong a lot.

How's your Cain prediction going? Or what you said over and over about a year ago - that we don't know who the GOP candidate will be because he isn't in the running yet, but it sure as hell won't be Romney!

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/310382-trump-escapes-further-scrutiny-by-pulling-the-presidential-plug/page__view__findpost__p__4671772

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/315191-mitt-is-done/page__view__findpost__p__4730688

Glad to see my historian is on the job.

I have to admit, I NEVER look up stuff you said.

[Susita 175]

Post the vids, if you know of a good one.

Bieber fever ends in mall mayhem

This happened here in NY in 2009. My friend brought her tweenage daughter there, what a freakshow.

"GARDEN CITY, NY (WABC) -- A planned appearance by a teenage singing sensation at the Roosevelt Field Mall turned into chaos on Friday.

According to a spokeswoman for Roosevelt Field Mall, a store called Justice was having a signing with tween idol Justin Bieber on Friday afternoon.

An estimated three thousand pre-teen girls and their parents had camped out at the mall since 7:00 a.m. for the appearance by the 15-year-old Bieber. The teen singing sensation was going to do a CD signing and performance.

At some point, investigators said the crowd surged toward the location, and aggressive pushing and shoving caused a need for police.

"We saw people getting pushed, moms and dads," one girl said. "We saw 10-year-old girls standing outside by themselves (after getting separated from their parents)."

"One mom broke her arm," said another girl.

NCPD Police units and several Garden City Police units were called to the scene. They cancelled the event and dispersed the crowd.

Jayme Reissman and Driana Eunne told Eyewitness News that the crowd wasn't listening to the police, and fights then broke out. They said at least one girl was tasered and removed by police.

Four to five injuries were reported.

Bieber himself posted on his Twitter that one person among his crew was arrested.

In fact, police made one arrest - James A. Roppo, 44, of Hoboken. He is a senior vice president with Island Def Jam Records.

Nassau Police say Roppo was arrested because he was not helping them disperse the crowd. Police said they asked him numerous times to go online to tell people that the event had been cancelled and to leave. A lot of people in the crowd were using Twitter, so police wanted him to go on there and make the announcement. He refused, so he was arrested, officials said. Eventually Island Def Jam let people know the event was off through Bieber's Twitter page.

Charges against Roppo were pending."

[^_^ 5,021]

Drake sucks.

Lil Wayne is only marginally better.

[웃 910]

Glad to see my historian is on the job.

I have to admit, I NEVER look up stuff you said.

I just wanted a source or two so that you can't deny your 110% wrong predictions!

The advanced search feature works really well. If you want to give it a whirl you'll find that I predicted Romney winning the '12 nom in '08. It only takes common sense to figure that one out. Not sure why you couldn't see it. As long as Romney makes a halfway decent VP choice he'll be our next president.

I'm thinking Christie will get picked as the VP. Who do you think President Romney is gonna pick?

[MyLittlePony 340]

People get more stupid by the day.

Edited December 27, 2011 by Ethans dad

[slim 1,530]

Looked like a big misunderstanding. I'm sure those were honor roll students who just accidentally knocked over a few chairs.

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People get more stupid by the day.

Smart edit.

[SMOKE 1,426]

Smart edit.

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he's so "chicken"...