flash mob' thievery catching on in other states

[rayg]

Dozens of looters rampage through two Minnesota Best Buys taking TVs, tablets and hoverboards as 'flash mob' robberies spread from California

Dozens of people headed into a Best Buy store in Burnsville, Minnesota, on Black Friday at around 8pm and stole electronics, 15 miles south of Minneapolis

No one was injured and no weapons were used during the incident that occurred

It is not yet known how much merchandise was taken from the store

A second Best Buy, 25 miles away, was also raised on Friday with around 12 people heading into the store in the city of Maplewood

The group took 'televisions, tablets and hoverboards,' among other things

In both incidents the police arrived on the scene well after suspects had run off

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...nia-craze.html

[Art]

I can't consider Minnesota "another state." It's the birthplace of the defund the police movement following the death of George Floyd. When I see this start to happen at a mall in Little Rock Arkansas, Des Moines, Iowa or even Miami Florida I'll worry a little more about the "spread."

[lyman]

not a new thing

[Fred Pillot]

Monkey see, monkey do.

[Mike in NC]

I thought the new name for Minnesota is "New Somalia".