Friday, May 6, 2011

Hitting the jackpot in Vegas

Channel 8 in Las Vegas reports the news. Like a robbery at a convenience store. Not exactly news, you say? Well, it's not so much the fact that a convenience store was relieved of quantity of beer and junk food, as the way in which it all went down.

There wasn't just one thief, or two, or even three, but dozens! That's right. Even though they were being filmed by security cameras all over the store, a mob of young people descended on a convenience store on Sunset Road and Pecos Road like a swarm of locusts, stealing $600 worth of merchandise. "It became a feeding frenzy," said City Stop owner Jon Athey. "They were in the store for three minutes and 30 seconds. It's a pretty scary thing."

Athey told Channel 8's reporter the crowd darted in and snatched numerous items from the store. "Beer to jerky to candy bars to soda, whatever hit their fancy..." he said. Athey called this tactic a "swarm". He'd seen it done before, he went on, but after 42 years in the convenience store business, this swarm stands out as the biggest ever.

Gentle reader, I'm sure you get the picture. Notwithstanding that Walt hasn't said a word about race or colour, you probably have an image of the perps already in your mind's eye. Just for confirmation then, here's the video.




There are two more versions of this on the Channel 8 website. Thanks to Agent 17 for the lead.

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