ARLINGTON, Texas, 9:37 p.m. CDT May 23, 2002 - A fight broke out at a North Texas shopping mall Thursday afternoon, creating a frenzied scene. Hundreds of brawling teens flooded from the Parks Mall in a sea of flying fists and kicking legs.
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Several separate battles would follow as the teens waged their wars and police and mall security tried to calm the crowd.


An unusually large number of high school students were hanging around the mall Thursday. According to the Dallas Independent School District, the teens had been let out of school early because it was their last day of class for the year.

One group of teens had been wandering the mall, harassing and even getting physical with other customers, according to Christy Gilfour, of the Arlington Police Department.

"They were creating a disturbance, pushing some customers, causing some minor property damage. And they were asked ... to leave and began being escorted out by officers," Gilfour said.

The ousting, however, quickly led to pushing and shoving and then exploded into an all-out brawl inside the mall, Gilfour said.


Once outside, things only got worse. As the students ran from the building, Chopper 5 captured even more fighting.

Pockets of battles peppered the sea of bodies flowing into the parking lot.

Our helicopter camera recorded several students being punched and kicked in their faces and pummeled about their bodies. Several crazed groups ganged up on individuals, repeatedly attacking them from all angles.

Arlington police rushed to the scene and began trying to break up the crowd. They arrested two adults for assault, according to Gilfour, but it's not yet known if they were high school students.

Despite the violence, there were no injuries reported, Gilfour said.

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where in the hell are the MALL NINJAS?  

no doubt on break. or probably cleaning their MP5s

...Several crazed groups ganged up on individuals, repeatedly attacking them from all angles.

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They should take those kids, along with the worthless parents that "raised" them and make an example of them by executing them on the court house square.

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I spent about 5 1/2 years doing security work for a large mall, part of that as Security Director. Fights in malls can really be dangerous. We had one night in particular where fights were breaking out all over the mall and eventually 911 was called. One guy was thrown through a window and there were reports of shots fired (but never confirmed). I still remember the comment that one State Trooper made while we attempted to keep things under control, "you guys gotta be crazy to work here unarmed, no way in hell I would do it". Some of the crazier things I have seen while there include 2 Security Officers being cut with a knife while breaking up fights, one Security Officer being smashed in the face with a juice bottle while breaking up a fight (requiring steel plates and reconstructive surgery), and one female Security Officer who was jumped and the guy tried to rape her in a back corridor (she managed to kick him in the nads & drove him off). About the only thing I never saw while there was an actual homicide. Gun calls were the scariest. I have an award on my wall from the local PD for my part in helping to disarm a scumbag who pulled a gun on two LEOs in a crowded food court. Those were crazy times and I don't miss the job.