sigh I don't want to admit it.... But you're right.... They are all section 8 as well, so maybe that has something to do with it....

There are so many rude and hateful teens at the mall, I was shopping for my mom last week and a group of black teens kept following us and screaming "ayo excuse me" for literally no reason. When I asked them to stop they called me a "stupid B****" and laughed and one spit at me. I stress this was for literally NO reason! I was rly uncomfortable and scared. Teens have always gone to the mall but now the demographics have changed and they are all black and they have a more violent culture. I do everything to give them the benefit of the doubt but they act like animals and their parents don't care at all.

There was but not as much as what's going on today perpetrated by minors. Yea the population expanded, and stuff happens doesn't mean they get to be little shits to everyone. If you don't put them in check they may just get put in check by the wrong one.

Because your generation had no criminals obviously

I mean, yeah. And the white kids carrying those scary skateboards. But mostly kids of color. Adults too though, for "looking" too young.

They don't arrest them, they detain you in mall jail or escort you out.

My thoughts exactly.

This will do nothing to curb shoplifting and just result in massive drops in patronage. Idiots.

The malls that do this end up failing even faster... Amazon is already outcompeting you... Why do this. Lol. Malls are already more expensive we come for the social experience and 75% of them is teens.

I don't think so. I was a shifty teenage mall rat but in the aughts.

Mall security can’t arrest I thought - they would need to call HCPD?

Possibly - also there are more kids who live nearby than there use to be. And weird shit did occassionally happen at the mall even in the 80s.

Also, main event seems to be problematic.

Probably for the best. These kids aren’t buying anything anyway. Just making the experience worse for everyone else.

The truth is that kids have always hung out at the mall, often in large groups, and many times, causing issues. When I was growing up, everyone was concerned about the skaters at the mall and the lakefront, in particular. The bell tower was removed from the dock because people would climb up there, have sex and do drugs. Kids stole from the stores a lot and when the arcade was there, there were always huge groups outside smoking weed & fighting. I wouldn’t say this is a new problem; just a new demographic of kids doing it.

OH NOOOOOOOO....

UM I would watch out if I were you, this person you're talking to might claim you're harassing them lmao.

LOL you obviously keep ignoring the instances of violence. Keep enabling! Have a great day.

Oh, come off it. Don't come at me like that with your self-righteous bullshit.

Curfews have been enacted in malls across this country since at least the late 90s. And there's no actual evidence they help curbing the behavior you find so abhorrent. It's just supposedly good for retailers.

You don't care what these kids do. You just don't want it where you can see and hear it. NIMBY, right?

It's irresponsible.

No, you obviously didn't before you made a bunch of your holier-than-thou comments. It's all good though, I bet you're the type of smart ass that can NEVER admit when they're wrong.

I'm neither, and your repeatedly false claims constitute harassment.

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> I did read the article.

Yet you were surprised by what I said which was IN the article....

Yeah you're a troll. Or illiterate.

Maybe you should read the friggin article before posting a bunch of shit.

I did read the article. This isn't a "gotcha" game to play. If you want meaningless points, go somewhere else.

My reply was literally stated in the article. By not knowing that fact you have confirmed that you did not read the article.

Your comments are not valid as you have demonstrated you do not have knowledge on the topic.