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WDRB 41 Louisville News
Mayor calls for calm after mob of teens assault, rob victims
Posted: Mar 24, 2014 1:02 PM EST Updated: Mar 24, 2014 6:14 PM EST
WDRB
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- According to the latest reports from police, at least 17 incidents were reported after a group of approximately 200 teens began robbing and assaulting people Saturday night.
Police say it started around 7:45 p.m. when the teens gathered near the entrance of the Big Four Bridge.
That's where police say 12 teens assaulted and robbed a 13-year-old girl, as well as a man who came and tried to help her.
Officers broke up the crowd, but shortly after that, there were more problems in the downtown area.
Police say once the large group left Waterfront Park, 70-80 teens were reported to be causing a scene at the White Castle on 1st Street. Nearby, a woman reported a group of teens assaulted her while she was parked in her car. Police say her two children were in the car with her, as the suspects repeatedly punched her and threw trash cans at the car.
A group then raided Bader's Market on South 1st Street. Police say they took items off the shelves and assaulted the clerk as he tried to close the doors on them.
Police were then called to three separate assaults on 5th and Broadway, 6th and Broadway, and 3rd and Chestnut. Each victim in those assaults had to be transported to the hospital.
Police say this is not common for Louisville, pointing out that crime rates in downtown Louisville have dropped in recent years.
On Monday, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer addressed the problem, telling the teens their behavior was unacceptable.
"To the young kids, y'all know what you did was wrong. You weren't raised this way. It's not the way we roll in the city. We expect greatness from our youth. We don't expect violence from our youth. So we're calling on you, obviously, to get your act together."
Police patrols will be stepped up near the Big Four bridge on nights and weekends.
Officers will increase patrols in Waterfront park on nights and weekends. So far, police say only one arrest has been made in connection with the incidents, and they're still looking for more suspects.
Anyone with information is asked to call the LMPD crime tipline at 574-LMPD (574-5673).
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ReplyDelete"Police say this is not common for Louisville. pointing out that crime rates in downtown Louisville have dropped in recent years."
David In TN
Tough talk….
ReplyDelete"To the young kids, y'all know what you did was wrong. You weren't raised this way. It's not the way we roll in the city. We expect greatness from our youth. We don't expect violence from our youth. So we're calling on you, obviously, to get your act together."
It's not the way we roll…...
I don't see a link to send you an email directly so I will put this here: your story on Trayvon Martin with a video has the video set for auto-start. A bit disconcerting, and I thought you might want to know.
ReplyDeleteIt is not common for Louisville, but all too common for negros.
ReplyDeleteA negro, designed by nature, designed by evolution, to fill the niche of life in the lower culture of the primitive savage is incapable of proper functioning in the white man's higher culture of civilization.
The negro wants in, but he does not fit in.
We must leave them and their enablers, the white liberals, for they will not leave us.
For our white posterity.
From the Sanctuary, I'm PDK: Thank you.
Why is anyone surprised? Didn't you know? If you're black you can attack, rob, kill et... anyone you want without Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson or any of those clowns claiming racism. It's a damn shame that the KKK or LULAC doesn't jump in to pull the card like they do. When will enough be enough?
ReplyDeleteI'm at a loss for words in reaction to what the mayor said. That's like Churchill saying to Hitler:
ReplyDelete"That's not very nice to invade Poland. We certainly expect more from our European neighbors.
This is a civilized continent"
Where's al sharptongue now? Where's jesse jackass? Where's jeremiah wrong?
ReplyDeleteIt's time for a race war.
Kill em all.
All I can say is wow....
ReplyDeleteI have one thing to say. Start shooting. They'll eventually stop and get the point. Seriously unretrievable generation.
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