BREAKING: Large fight, shots fired at Castleton Square Mall

[TheWabbit]

impossible, it is a Simon Mall and no guns are allowed.

And this is why I ignore that sign. Interesting that it moved from the food court to AMC. That would require a trip through the mall. Why didn't the Segway soldiers kick them outside immediately?

 

[jagee]

Really all you can do is beat feet and get away from the crowd and to the exit as quickly as possible.

Yeah, a similar situation happened when we were leaving dinner at the BW3's in Washington Square mall a while back. A large fight/brawl/whatever broke out at the little fair/festival thingy while we were walking to the car. We heard at least 2 gun shots from that direction. We just got in the car and left as quickly as possible.

 

[MadMan66]

This is why I stay away from the mall like the plague. Though I have had to visit the mall on a few occasions. I remember living by Washington Square and driving up to Castleton because it was the "nice" mall. Times have changed.

Wasn't there a shooting in the parking lot of Dicks in Castleton Square a few years ago too?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

1. Where are the tweets? INGO Rules of Evidence.

2. This has been coordinated for many days now. The cop blogs have all been yapping about this. This is no surprise.

 

[Thor]

If you could swing one of those things like Thor's hammer the baddies would avoid your establishment.

Why yes they would...

 

[Thor]

1. Where are the tweets? INGO Rules of Evidence.

2. This has been coordinated for many days now. The cop blogs have all been yapping about this. This is no surprise.

Too bad there wasn't an appropriate response...

 

[Kirk Freeman]

IMPD knew this was coming for some time now. They have been monitoring the social media (tweets and Facebook posts) about this fight for a long time.

Sort of a day of rage kind of thing. Cops all over the country have know about this day.

Here's what the Chicago cops knew: Second City Cop: Broadcasting Intentions

 

[Thor]

1. Where are the tweets? INGO Rules of Evidence.

The tweets sit outside the window of my library, they twitter there while I kindle a fire in the fireplace...oh, wait...it this not what you meant?

 

[MCgrease08]

http://twitter.com/adamwren/status/551554762626596864

One of the media outlets tweeted that a reporter confirmed with an IMPD official that they'd been watching chatter for the past few days.

At what point do they alert the public of a potential situation, if at all?

 

[churchmouse]

One of the media outlets tweeted that a reporter confirmed with an IMPD official that they'd been watching chatter for the past few days.

At what point do they alert the public of a potential situation, if at all?

This whole social media thing is a mess. Do you realize what the media would do if one of us had to defend ourselves and family if we got caught up in some of this.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

This whole social media thing is a mess. Do you realize what the media would do if one of us had to defend ourselves and family if we got caught up in some of this.

Depends what color the person is on the other end of your self-defense situation. If it's not the right one, then you can believe your social media will be combed thoroughly to find something against you.

 

[churchmouse]

Depends what color the person is on the other end of your self-defense situation. If it's not the right one, then you can believe your social media will be combed thoroughly to find something against you.

That is just a sad state of affairs.

 

[Thor]

This whole social media thing is a mess. Do you realize what the media would do if one of us had to defend ourselves and family if we got caught up in some of this.

Ergo my post...though they might be watching (gasp) INGO!

 

[churchmouse]

1. Where are the tweets? INGO Rules of Evidence.

2. This has been coordinated for many days now. The cop blogs have all been yapping about this. This is no surprise.

So WTF ....where were those we pay to protect us.

 

[Thor]

That is just a sad state of affairs.

I really do feel sorry for a lot of folks who shouldn't be immediately held suspect by some other folks. It is a damn sad state of affairs.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

At what point do they alert the public of a potential situation, if at all?

Tough call.

Not blaming IMPD for not doing anything as that is the proper role of the police--to investigate crimes, not conduct pre-crime operations. If you tell people about what was coming today, then you cheese off the Chamber of Commerce and give in to a few punks on Twitter. If you do nothing, then soccer mommies say "why didn't you do anything?"

 

[MrsGungho]

So WTF ....where were those we pay to protect us.

I was thinking the same thing

 

[churchmouse]

I really do feel sorry for a lot of folks who shouldn't be immediately held suspect by some other folks. It is a damn sad state of affairs.

Agreed.

 

[PRasko]

When I was younger I worked inside a mall store, and we had multiple large cans of bear mace for the dashing crowd.

If people started to pile in and run off, mace the **** out of them. They're orange and blind.... Kinda like watching blind hamsters running into the walls.

 

[MCgrease08]

This whole social media thing is a mess. Do you realize what the media would do if one of us had to defend ourselves and family if we got caught up in some of this.

Maybe. My rule of thumb is that I don't say anything online that I wouldn't shout into a megaphone on a public street corner.

I realize there is no real anonymity. Keep it civil, keep it clean. Seems to work for me.