If your public disturbance has MGK, its most definitely a flash mob.
  • If your public disturbance has MGK, it’s most definitely a flash mob.

Well, on the surface this seems to squeeze comfortably into the baggy definition of “flash mob” people were hysterical about tossing around last summer. Let’s put the facts surrounding this police report from Strongsville Patch through the checklist for your standard factory-issue flash mob. Large amount of teens? Yup. Social media element? Oh yeah. Kids from Cleveland involved? Yes, sir.

Oh mother, we might really have an honest to God flash mob on our hands . . .

Let’s continue.

Lots of public damage? Well, not really. Massive amount of injuries? Um, nope. Terrified suburbanites? Yes! Definitely . . . at least . . . the ones reading Patch at home . . .

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This article appears in May 2-8, 2012.

2 replies on “Ladies and Gentleman, We Might Have a Flash Mob on Our Hands”

  2. This is the natural evolution of the whole “Doug is fighting Ron on the playground after school” thing. Except now instead of this news traveling by word of mouth in a school, it’s typed out over FB or Twitter.

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