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my 16 yo son and i were eating at El Porton when that crowd started moving through the parking lot of Poplar Plaza Shopping Center. it started at the north end of the Center and moved south. our resturant was literally surrounded by what seemed to be 75+ teenagers. we were eating in the outdoors section and there were cops everywhere. the beating took place, on the opposite side of the parking lot. we didn't see anything . minutes before we got there, a couple of kids snatched a ladies purse who was also sitting in the outside seating of El Porton.
this is as close to home as it gets, for us. when we drove home, the crowd was strung out along Highland St from Poplar to Park Ave.
situational awareness is the priority now. this chit can get very ugly, very quick.
i only had 1 mag, with NO spare on me. i have 2 mags in the truck, but for only being 100' away, it sure looked further.
be careful, ked
Last edited by keith_dunlap; 09/08/14.
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Next time I would probably choose a different area to eat.
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Wow,....
words fail me.
Glad you're unscathed, and encourage you to write down any and all impressions, visual imagery, ANYTHING concerning this event,....in hopes that you can put together a lengthier, detailed and no doubt interesting report.
Interesting in this case being like that Chinese curse.
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Using Google, I can see the outside seating at that El Porton reataurant.
What an experience, not one I want to do.
Glad you were able to leave safely
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Having to have dealt with a few "Freaknics" years ago, I've seen mobs spiral out of control.
Ugly. Glad you and the boy got home.
One mag wouldn't bother me. One shot and they scatter, except the one that falls.
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Having to have dealt with a few "Freaknics" years ago, I've seen mobs spiral out of control.
Ugly. Glad you and the boy got home.
One mag wouldn't bother me. One shot and they scatter, except the one that falls. You have experience shooting freaknics?
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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"Be sure you're right. Then go ahead." Fess Parker as Davy Crockett
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If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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What an experience, not one I want to do.
Glad you were able to leave safely
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I can't think of anything I would need to do in Memphis. I've taken the wife to the airport a few times, but that's the extent of anything I will ever do in that shiethole.
It was a sheithole when I lived there 20 years ago and it's gotten no better.
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Glad you came through intact. You are correct about situational awareness, it is the key to survival you have also convinced me to be carrying extra mags now too.
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I can't think of anything I would need to do in Memphis. I've taken the wife to the airport a few times, but that's the extent of anything I will ever do in that shiethole.
It was a sheithole when I lived there 20 years ago and it's gotten no better. When I was stationed in Millington, couldn't afford the airport. The bus station was 10x worse.
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wasn't this part of that attack on the Kroger employee? The report I remember said there were maybe 100 black yutes involved. They attacked and harmed some other blacks as well as whites, but all those involved were black.
Long ago, I started carrying extra magazines.
Sam......
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Pretty sad this day and age when you want to go out and dine, and have to load up like your going prairie doggin.
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Having to have dealt with a few "Freaknics" years ago, I've seen mobs spiral out of control.
Ugly. Glad you and the boy got home.
One mag wouldn't bother me. One shot and they scatter, except the one that falls. You have experience shooting freaknics? Hah! No. Ya can't shoot a Freaknic, it's an event. A freaknicker would be a participant. I grew up around Atl. Freaknic was the black college spring break. The last few years, before it was essentially banned, it turned into roving mobs of chit birds. A large mob was headed towards Piedmont, BLAM! A shoot rang out, and they scattered runnin' all willy nilly. It was quite the seen. I bet a fella could herd a large pack of them with a bunch of M80's and a 4wheeler.
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Like herding angus, lol. Get some blue healers too.
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Glad to hear that you got out OK.
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Glad you came through intact. You are correct about situational awareness, it is the key to survival you have also convinced me to be carrying extra mags now too. Ditto - in spades...
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Glad you came through intact. You are correct about situational awareness, it is the key to survival you have also convinced me to be carrying extra mags now too. Ditto - in spades... Me three.
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