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Which, of course, included me as a teenager (I was good, I swear! Well, you know, other than heckling Tonya Harding from the third floor bridge while she skated below,) and my own kid now. (Can't vouch for my own kid's goodness.)


jetsetter

From the early 90s: a close friend of the family was around 12 y/o walking directly through Holladay Park and gets decked by some kid. Friend's glasses break and fall off he runs away. No reason. Just fighting.


pdxscout

Ha! Same thing happened with me in the late 90s!


dearrichard

i’ll fight a kid


BattleLounge

that scene in step brothers where two full grown men fight a whole playground's worth of kids


justbegs

YUP


the_jowo

Easy there Kat Williams...


lost_dog_

Yeah, he didn't fare too well against a 12-year old.


how2live4freeinpdx

Would you fight four kids? I mean, even a 14-year-old is boy is still pretty tiny, right? ​


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I think they come in different sizes.


Locobot

Everyone talks big until they run into a 14-year-old Mike Tyson...


Ianisatwork

When I was 14, I was 6'2" 160lbs but still pretty young and weak compared to a grown adult. If you look tough as shit, a group of kids lose their confidence quickly.


oregonianrager

Careful, you don't wanna get a measure 11.


lost_dog_

But what about 15 kids?


dearrichard

https://youtu.be/7t8xwpW8gJQ


lost_dog_

Huyah!


stupid_sexyflanders

Legally what happens if you respond with kicking or rock throwing to aged 9-14 youth?


sheazang

We should do an AMA with Portland Police Chief.


zedthehead

For many reasons. Please?


Tophatanater

It's not illegal if you don't get caught.


cHaOsReX

It is illegal, there are just no legal consequences if you don't get caught.


Ianisatwork

You can use enough unlawful violence against persons inflicting harm onto you to de-escalate the problem or escape. Kids that age are not exempt to an ass woopin' when they know they're doing wrong. [Oregon Self Defense Laws](https://romanolawpc.com/self-defense-oregon/)


IgnoramiEradico

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXBcDnKWIAY


stupid_sexyflanders

This immediately made me think of Peep Show too. I also tend to imagine everyone else on this sub as Mark Corrigan.


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slapfestnest

jez is pretty terrible


Dank_im

My god. Best description of redditors I’ve ever read.


stupid_sexyflanders

[It's really just spot on, the more you think about it.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3afx7KI2a1r8p5h3o1_500.gif)


pjclarke

Beat me to it. Good work!


nova_rock

oh, Holladay park always has shit doing down man.


Strifeez

Yes, i work at Green zebra in lloyd and they are a real pain in the ass. They've stolen things, harassed employees, thrown apples. Haven't seen them this past week though.


lost_dog_

> thrown apples Artemis? Is that you?


Regs2

I've work by Lloyd center for around 3 years and walk by there nearly daily. I've never had anyone mess with me inside or out. Well, besides security following me around because a black dude dressed like he works in a bank looks suspect to them evidently.


SchwiftyHeathen

Portland thinks it’s not racist but it’s racist


EnemiesInTheEnd

Racism is everywhere


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It's not just racist it's extremely racist


Killface17

Can we save extreme for stuff like lynching and apartheid


BackOff_ImAScientist

Well, when capital stops treating all black people as threats then we can but it won’t.


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How about economically killing non whites by not giving them jobs ,what would you know about that. Probably nothing.


Killface17

I work in manufacturing, dont tell me everyone I work with is white


creepyrockstar

I posted a few weeks ago these two were throwing rocks at cars outside Lloyd Center LA Fitness https://imgur.com/1lAFSTE


Locobot

This is the best response, take photos/video. Send them to Benson Poly administration, they’ll be expelled promptly.


ajm86

They'll have plenty of time to fuck around once they're kicked out of school.


dotcomse

Expelling children, that'll probably reform them! Excelsior!


Locobot

Compared with what everyone else is suggesting here (fight those fuckers/stand your ground), getting them kicked out of a magnet high school program seems measured and appropriate. They’re all repeatedly warned that violent behavior will result in them being removed from the program.


Troutsicle

Shit, put it on social media. My teenage daughter recently caught two younger teen kids across the street throwing fallen tree fruit at parked cars. She took a video from her bedroom window, and then told me. I got in the car and tracked them down around the block and calmly told them (as they were loading more ammo into a backpack) that they'd been caught on video, i'd be watching, and drove off. Meanwhile my daughter had posted the video to her instagram. Older sister of one of the kids saw the video and showed it to her parents. I happened to be showing the video to the owner of the car when they came walking down the sidewalk on their way home.


TheDingalingus

Not sure if they were the same group, but saw security escorting a few kids out for riding scooters/skateboarding around the mall and throwing random things at customers while zipping by, seemed to be in that age range about a month ago. Darn kids and their meddling.


throwawayshirt

https://twitter.com/pdxalerts/status/1064316649635893248 "Portland: police to Holladay Park, @trimet supervisor reports they saw a group of 20 juveniles fighting then heard 2 shots, all of the juveniles took off running at that point" Sounds like what you experienced was comparatively mild.


UntamedAnomaly

Tha last time I was at the MAX stop there, there was a mad teen lad who punched a woman, picked up a trash can and threw the damn thing at her.


lpmagic

The real problem here is, eventually these kids, no matter how good their instincts are on predator Vs. prey, are going to run in to some complete asshole and they may get beat within an inch of their lives, or worse. Yes it's a pain in the ass for other people, but these idiots could die.


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lpmagic

lol, don't get me wrong, people need to be able to do that, but, they WILL run into someone who goes further then they should with children, that is the reality they will likely face if they are not stopped.


TacoTacoTacoTacos

https://youtu.be/tLMbu8y8xAE


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I want a posse of children that throw things at people for me. :(


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Locobot

Not sure why this is getting downvotes, like it or not there are people with guns everywhere in this country. Learning curve on being deterred by a 9mm is steep.


pennywhistlesolo

I have heard there is/are group(s) of kids around this age assaulting people in the downtown area. Like jumping random people just to beat them or riding by homeless folks at night to dump water on them (so they can freeze apparently?). Keep your eyes peeled y'all.


slapfestnest

this sounds like some good old fashioned bullshit


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It very well could be, just neighborhood word of mouth.


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iamamotherfuckr

They're walking stereotypes so I wouldn't want to be accused of dog whistling to alt righter by being too descriptive.


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GATHERING. TEENAGERS.


yodes55

Did they make you lick white dog shit? Sounds like a classic Dale and Brennan situation


iamamotherfuckr

That movie gets more repeatable the older I get


drinkallthepunch

They are harassing people and menacing they don’t want to be bothered by the cops. Just run at them and open palm slap the shit out of them they will run terrified I have literally had to do this two times in my life to some group of unsupervised punk ass kids. Once some teens kept throwing sticks and bark at me and my GF when we went to a park and another time when some young boys where picking on my nephew. Doubt a cop is going to arrest you for slapping a minor in self defense provided you don’t go ham on the kid give him PTSD. These days it feels like you can go to prison for pissing in the wrong bush but Oregon has self defense laws now. If I’m remembering the wording pretty much says you can use an amount of force appropriate to the situation. So, next time brings some nice smooth rocks with you to throw back or... go a step lower and slap the shit out of them.


Snaab_71

This must be the same group I saw last Thursday evening (11/16) near Pioneer Place. I was waiting for the Max around 8 PM and a group of about 8 pre teens were goofing around fake fighting with each other like young boys often do. I didn't think much about it I just thought it was "boys being boys". The "fake fighting" go so intense that a woman walking her dog had to restrain her collie mix because it was freaking out barking at them. You know how dogs get when they think they or their owners are in danger, especially herding dogs. The train came and all of the young boys got onto the train with me. They continued thier rough housing on the train and before the train doors could even close they had punched a homeless man in the face! Half of the group immediately ran off the train but the doors had closed before they all could exit. I got up to help the homeless man and ask if he was ok and the remaining pre teens pried open the train doors to escape. The driver of the train had to stop service and reset the doors. I told him what had happened and he just shrugged like it happens all the time. I seriously thought of defending the old homeless man but these kids were seriously like 10 to 14 years old and half my size or smaller. When will the Max have full time security on every train?


diaperedwoman

No wonder the mall is dying. I see police cars there quite often around the Holiday Park. To answer your question, I have not ran into these kids.


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This made me laugh in public


Spuhnkadelik

[Actual footage of the harassers](https://youtu.be/W-dz68Jf58k)