(사회)Flash Mop 새 사회현상
Flash Mop 새 사회현상
Mean streets위험하고 불결한 거리. Flash mop violence on the streets of Philadelphia. The results of a social media trend that supposed to be part prank농담, part fun. But what went wrong? From NBC News, this is TODAY with Lester Holt and Jenna Wolfe live from studio 1A in Rockefeller Plaza. It started as a form of performance art and was born out of social media sites like facebook and twitter. They’re called flash mobs. And Peter Alexander is back with a look at those spontaneous자발적인 events that have unfortunately turned rather dangerous.
Yeah, I’ve never heard about this, but listen to the way it works. The same way that there’s a flash flood that happens in an instant. These flash mobs happen with little warning. It’s a crowd of teenagers who converge on one location and in Philadelphia these days, they are wreaking havoc재앙 파괴. As one person described it, it is part buoying기분을 좋게 하다, part running of the bulls황소 달리기.
It is startling깜짝 놀랄 home video capturing dozens of aggressive teenagers attacking pedestrians, fighting each other and vandalizing공공기물 파괴 property. Surveillance videos show store owners racing to protect their businesses caught in the middle of what Philadelphia police describe as a flash mob. Flash mobs started as spontaneous and mostly fun gatherings like this impromptu즉흥적인 pillow fight in New York City in 2008, where people linked by social networking sites and text messages. Converge on random locations dressing up like Santa in San Francisco,even dancing the Michael Jackson’s Thriller on the streets of London.
But in Philadelphia, the ritual has turned violent. Already police have arrested more than three dozen teenagers. Some of them charged with felony rioting중죄 폭동. This sinister해로운 불길한 twist일그러짐 on flash mobs is forcing authorities to monitor city streets, but also social networking sites like facebook and twitter. Just days ago, police got word that a flash mob was planned for this intersection. Through the media, they warned teenagers not to show up. That mob never materialized구체화되다.
Seth Coffman says last weekend, there was no warning. “It was like a tsunami of just kids.” He was attacked while working at this restaurant. “I hit the ground. I scraped up 찰과상을 내다 my hands and my elbows.” The city is cracking down with uniformed and undercover officers stepping up patrols and strictly enforcing the night time curfew통금. This is not unique to Philadelphia. There’ve been flash mobs over the last year in Boston, Brooklyn, parts of New Jersey as well. It’s just amazing how quickly it happens. It develops and it just happens that fast.
The description, a tsunami of kids, I think, was a pretty good one. All right, Peter Alexander, thank you so much.