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Authors: Colin Flaherty

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23
“Officials: Flash Mobs Already Plague South Side,” CBS News Local, June 7, 2011,
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/06/07/officials-flash-mobs-already-plague-south-side
.

24
Stella Foster, “Flash mobs or flash thugs have plagued South Side,”
Chicago Sun-Times
, June 8, 2011,
http://www.suntimes.com/news/foster/5816335-417/flash-mobs-or-flash-thugs-have-plagued-south-side.html
.

25
“A Wild(ing) Night,” Second City Cop, June 10, 2012,
http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/search?q=muggings
.

26
Evelyn Holmes, “Tourist mugged leaving Chicago’s blues fest,” ABC Chicago, June 11, 2012,
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=8696221
.

27
“Police release photos of teens in Red Line robbery, attack,”
Chicago Tribune
, June 13, 2012,
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-06-13/news/chi-police-release-surveillance-photos-of-teens-in-red-line-robbery-mob-attack-20120612_1_police-release-photos-surveillance-photos-photos-show
.

28
John Kass, “Victim: ‘They were enjoying frightening people’,”
Chicago Tribune
, June 13, 2012,
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-06-13/news/ct-metkass-0613-20120613_1_streeterville-war-zone-doctor
.

29
“Downtown: Chicago cops outnumbered by black mobs of nearly 200,”
Chicago News Report
, June 16, 2012,
http://www.chicagonewsreport.com/2012/06/downtown-chicago-cops-outnumbered-by.html
.

30
Mary Schmich, “When a news story omits race, do we really know any less?”
Chicago Tribune
, June 8, 2011,
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-06-08/news/ct-met-schmich-0608-20110608_1_race-card-media-conspiracy-media-quandary
.

31
Mary Mitchell, “Mary Mitchell worried about grandson going to school with too many whites,” Chicago News Report, January 28, 2012,
http://www.chicagonewsreport.com/2012/01/sun-times-columnist-mary-mitchell.html
.

32
Fran Spielman, “Beale predicts violence if Metra doesn’t hire more minorities for rail project,” May 31, 2012,
http://www.suntimes.com/news/transportation/12896061-418/beale-predicts-violence-if-metra-doesnt-hire-more-minorities-for-rail-project.html
.

33
“Sources, 28 Arrested In Series Of Overnight Mob Attacks,” CBS Chicago, July 5, 2012,
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/07/05/11-arrested-after-4th-of-july-mob-attack-at-dearborn-and-huron
.

34
Ibid.

35
Lauren Petty, “Chicago Teen Sexually Assaulted by Six Men,” NBC Chicago, November 8, 2012,
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Chicago-Teen-Assaulted-by-Six-Men-177846141.html
.

CHAPTER 9

1
Colin Flaherty, “Chicago’s Unreported Race War,” WND.com, June 19, 2012,
http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/chicagos-unreported-race-war/#eyCQbSDXG2q8qhGM.99
.

2
“Colin Flaherty on WVON in Chicago,” June 22, 2012,
http://webuildthesun.com/Welcome_to_the_Podcasts/Entries/2012/6/22_Chicago_62112.html
.

CHAPTER 10

1
Melissa-Harris Perry Show
, April 2012,
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21134540/vp/47216315#47216315
.

2
Ibid.

3
Ibid.

4
Mark Yarbrough, “Craziest Thing I’ve Ever Seen on National TV News,”
Springfield Patch
, May 24, 2012,
http://springfield-pa.patch.com/blog_posts/craziest-thing-ive-ever-seen-on-national-tv-news
.

5
Mary Schmich, “When a news story omits race, do we really know any less?”
Chicago Tribune
, June 8, 2011,
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-06-08/news/ct-met-schmich-0608-20110608_1_race-card-media-conspiracy-media-quandary
.

CHAPTER 11

1
Meg Jones, “Police investigate Riverwest armed robberies,”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
, July 5, 2011,
http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/124983979.html
.

2
Meg Jones, “Flynn calls looting, beatings in Riverwest barbaric,”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
, July 6, 2011,
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/125027704.html
.

3
Ibid.

4
“Comment to Juneteenth Day arrests spark spirited debate,”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
, June 21, 2012,
http://www.jsonline.com/publicprofile/?profileid=25425798
.

5
Sandra Richardson, “Juneteenth Day, One woman’s view,”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
, 2012,
http://www.jsonline.com/multimedia/video/?bctid=1697540701001
.

6
James T Harris, “Sunday Insight - Black Teen Mob Violence,”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctqSCHVESNM
.

7
“Witnesses describe mobs, some people claim racially-charged attacks,” NBC TMJ4, August 5, 2011,
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/126825018.html
.

8
Don Walker, Mike Johnson and Breann Schossow, “State Fair melees produce 11 injuries, 31 arrests,”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
, August. 5, 2011,
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/126828998.html
.

9
Elizabeth Braun and Heather Shannon, “New Details About Mayfair Melee,”
The Milwaukee Journal
, January 2011,
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/113102499.html
.

10
Ibid.

11
Colin Flaherty, “Blogger, Why Don’t Blacks Behave?” WND.com, July 14, 2012,
http://www.wnd.com/2012/07/blogger-why-dont-blacks-behave
.

12
Velvet Hammer, “Black Wisconsin Teen Admits He Targeted Whites –‘Easy Targets’,” Ironic Surrealism, August 12, 2011,
http://www.ironicsurrealism.com/2011/08/12/black-wisconsin-teen-admits-he-targeted-whites-easy-targets
.

13
Ben Poston, “Hundreds of assault cases misreported by Milwaukee Police Department,”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
, May 22, 2012,
http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/hundreds-of-assault-cases-misreported-by-milwaukee-police-department-v44ce4p-152862135.html
.

14
Peter Hermann, “St. Patrick’s Day violence exceeded initial reports, police dispatch tapes show,”
The Baltimore Sun
, May 12, 2012,
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-05-12/news/bs-md-ci-violence-downtown-police-20120420_1_pratt-and-light-youths-police-commander
.

15
Linda Byron, “Is crime going unreported in parts of Seattle?,” KING 5 News, January 5, 2012,
http://www.king5.com/news/Are-crimes-going-unreported-in--136715753.html
.

16
“Screen on the Green Disaster,” Atlanta Forum, Topix.com, June 4, 2010,
http://www.topix.com/forum/atlanta/TNCG54TG9LUACHB8N
.

17
Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Release, August 9, 2012,
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/2012/ojppr080912.pdf
.

18
Al Baker and Joseph Goldstein, “Police Tactic, Keeping Crime Reports Off the Books,”
The New York Times
, December 30, 2011,
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/31/nyregion/nypd-leaves-offenses-unrecorded-to-keep-crime-rates-down.html?pagewanted=all
.

19
“Milwaukee Lakefront Fireworks - Fights,” Freedom Eden, July 5, 2012,
http://freedomeden.blogspot.com/2012/07/milwaukee-lakefront-fireworks-fights.html
.

20
Eugene Kane, “Juneteenth Day arrests spark spirited debate,”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
, June 20, 2012,
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/juneteenth-day-arrests-spark-spirited-debate-7f5ri4p-159781615.html
.

21
Ibid.

22
“Happy Juneteeth Day!”
The Milwaukee Socialite
, June 19, 2012,
http://milwaukeesocialite.blogspot.com/2012/06/happy-juneteeth-day.html
.

23
Posted by Chip Brewster, “Amateur video shows teenage brawl on North Ave. near McDonald’s,” May 29, 2012,
http://fox6now.com/2012/05/29/amateur-video-shows-teenage-brawl-on-north-ave-near-mcdonalds
.

24
Ben Poston, “Hundreds of assault cases misreported by Milwaukee Police Department,”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
, May 22, 2012,
http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/hundreds-of-assault-cases-misreported-by-milwaukee-police-department-v44ce4p-152862135.html
.

CHAPTER 12

1
“Beat Whitey Night - Attacks mar Iowa State Fair,” NBC2 WBBH News, August 25, 2010,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qeMslmDBxY
.

2
“’Beat Whitey Night’ At Iowa State Fair,” The Smoking Gun,
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/iowa-fair-fights
.

3
“Iowa State Fair violence-Not ‘Beat Whitey Night’ and a journalistic FAIL,” Iowa Politics Exposed, August 26, 2010,
http://iowapoliticsexposed.blogspot.com/2010/08/iowa-state-fair-violence-not-beat.html
.

4
Gabriel Stoffa, “Teen flash mobs are partly our fault,”
Iowa State Daily
, July 1, 2011,
http://www.iowastatedaily.com/opinion/article_5185e616-a26b-11e0-8bf7-001cc4c03286.html
.

5
Matt Buedel, “Police, firefighters shot with fireworks at Taft Homes ‘riot’,”
Peoria Journal Star
, July 5, 2011,
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1107265269/Police-briefly-close-Adams-while-dispersing-crowd
.

6
Paul Wilkinson, “Peorians living in fear,”
The Peoria Chronicle
, June 25, 2011,
http://peoriachronicle.com/2011/06/25/peorians-living-in-fear
.

7
Michael Boren, “Some claim reports of racist Peoria mob are exaggerated,”
Peoria Journal Star
, June 26, 2011,
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x2069925100/Account-of-racist-Peoria-mob-spurs-national-attention
.

8
Phil Luciano, “True or not, account of ‘mob’ story spreads fast,”
Peoria Journal Star
, June 27, 2011,
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1305078891/Luciano-True-or-not-account-of-mob-story-spreads-fast
.

9
Michael Boren, “Solving Peoria neighborhood problems a ‘long-term issue’,”
Peoria Journal Star
, August 6, 2011,
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x633532418/Solving-Peoria-neighborhood-problems-a-long-term-issue
.

CHAPTER 13

1
“Mother, Teenage Girl Mob Attacked My Family,” CBS Minnesota, July 9, 2011,
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/07/09/mother-teenage-girl-mob-attacked-my-family
.

2
Kaitlin Walker, “Flash mob attacks Minneapolis Pedal Pub,”
Minnesota Daily
, October 21, 2011,
http://www.mndaily.com/blogs/newsstand/2011/10/21/flash-mob-attacks-minneapolis-pedal-pub
.

3
“Mob robbers hit convenience stores in St. Paul,” KARE11 NBC Minnesota-St. Paul, February 24, 2011,
http://www.kare11.com/news/article/909497/396/Mob-robbers-hit-convenience-stores-in-St-Paul
.

4
David Chanen and Suzanne Ziegler, “Moving melee causes chaos at packed Mall of America,”
Minneapolis Star Tribune
, December 27, 2011,
http://www.startribune.com/local/west/136237398.html
.

5
Matt McKinney, “Mob attacks bring call for earlier curfew,”
Star Tribune
, March 31, 2012,
http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/145253005.html
.

6
Matt Mckinney, “‘Flash mob’ actions worry Minneapolis police,”
Minneapolis Star Tribune
, March 27, 2012,
http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/144394085.html?refer=y
.

7
Colin Flaherty, “Black-On-White Link In Minneapolis Violence,” WND.com, June 6, 2012,
http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/black-on-white-link-found-in-minneapolis-violence/#U96Tq4l2tQrUOHLr.99
.

8
“Mob robbers hit convenience stores in St. Paul,” NBC Minneapolis-St. Paul, February 24, 2011,
http://www.kare11.com/news/article/909497/396/Mob-robbers-hit-convenience-stores-in-St-Paul
.

9
“4 shot after argument leads to gunfire in Mpls.,” KARE11 NBC Minnneapolis-St. Paul, June 25, 2012,
http://www.kare11.com/news/article/980701/0/4-shot-after-argument-leads-to-gunfire-in-Mpls-
.

10
“Victim describes ‘flash mob’ attack in downtown Mpls.,” KARE11 NBC Minnneapolis-St. Paul, April 5, 2012,
http://www.kare11.com/news/article/971184/391/Victim-describes-flash-mob-attack-in-downtown-Mpls
.

11
Eric Roper, “Continued, Business wants chaos in downtown Minneapolis to end,”
Minneapolis Star Tribune
, June 29, 2012,
http://www.startribune.com/local/160836055.html?page=2&c=y
.

12
“Powered by Diversity,” City of Minneapolis Affirmative Action Plan, January 1, 2009–December 31, 2013,
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/www/groups//files/03/92/26/f039226/public/@hr/documents/webcontent/mpls_AADP.pdf
.

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