Youth mob’s victim: Attackers “were laughing and making comments”
Jeremy Schenkel was trying to catch a train home when he became the first victim of last Friday night’s Center City youth mob attacks.The 23-year-old Northeast Philadelphia resident had just left his job as a building engineer at the 1500 Locust Apartments around 9 p.m. and was walking north on 15th Street near Sansom Street.
It was a normal summer weekend night. People were out and about, but, overall, it was quiet, he said.
Then he saw a mob of young people running towards him. About two dozen males were out front and a large group of girls behind them, he said.
For a split second, he thought, “flash mob.” But the youths did not look angry.
“They were laughing and making comments,” he said. “I just figured they were a group of kids running around doing something stupid.”
He moved out of the way, trying to let the crowd pass. A shirtless youth led the pack.
“One of them said something to get my attention, but I barely looked over,” he said.
That’s when the shirtless youth punched him in the head, he said, the first blow in a rampage that would make headlines, prompt city officials to load Center City with police officers this week, and draw a pledge for a comprehensive response from Mayor Nutter.
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11 comments:
Nothing that a B.A.R. can't fix real fast!
11 and 12 year olds ! Nothing the police can do to them.
11 and 12 year olds ! Nothing the police can do to them.
August 4, 2011 4:55 PM
The hell there isn't.
4:55 how 'bout mace, pepper stray and stun guns to start with!! Have a field day boys!!
And I am certain it wasn't racially motivated either, because no one is racist unless they are white.
Of course you won't see this on mainstream news they are too busy up the rear end of Obama
8:16 PM
it was in philly's news outlets. outside of that I don't know.
Bet none of them know who their father is.
I have to be in downtown Philly for a week..NOt by choice..BUT I can tell you..I will be armed and I wont hesitate to rid the town of a few cockroaches. This type of BS behavior should not be tolerated by the Police. I sense there is a Police problem also. You cant tell me they cant stop this crap!!!
Didn't have this crap when Rizzo was there.
oh whatever people It was not long ago there was a shoot out in the Salisbury Mall
you could only hope to get a flash MOB down on the Plaza
who would bother
that third friday limp and gimp circle jerk is hardly news
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