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Referred to as flash robs, flash mob robberies, or flash robberies by the media, crimes organized by teenage youth using social media rose to international notoriety beginning in 2011. [12] [13] [14] [40] The National Retail Federation does not classify these crimes as "flash mobs" but rather "multiple offender crimes" that utilize "flash mob ...
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Pillow fight at an English country fair, 1971 A public pillow fight in Bologna, Italy A pillow fight flashmob in Berlin, Germany. A pillow fight is a common game mostly played by young children (but also by teens and adults) in which they engage in mock physical conflict, using pillows as weapons.
Teenagers who carried out flash mob robberies at a string of 7-Eleven convenience stores in Los Angeles were turned in to police after their parents spotted them on surveillance video.
Los Angeles Police confirmed that flash mobs of boys and young men on bicycles are attacking convenience store 7-Elevens throughout the city and detailed 14 incidents between July and September.
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The term often used by the media for this type of event is "flash rob", which originates from flash mobs, [4] where a group of people assemble quickly, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act, and then disperse. In Chile this kind of robbery is known as turbazo. [8] In Brazil this kind of robbery is known as "arrastão".
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