Wild Teens Trash Court Street B&N, Assault Manager
A reader sent in a disturbing account of a visit yesterday afternoon to the Court Street Barnes & Noble. While she was on the second floor, she noticed a large number of teens she believes were from one of the nearby public schools. In addition to being loud and disorderly, they were also purposefully knocking…
A reader sent in a disturbing account of a visit yesterday afternoon to the Court Street Barnes & Noble. While she was on the second floor, she noticed a large number of teens she believes were from one of the nearby public schools. In addition to being loud and disorderly, they were also purposefully knocking books off shelves. A few minutes later, as she headed down to the first floor, she witnessed an altercation between the manager and one of the teenagers. The manager had asked him to leave the store. “You disrespectin’ me?” the teen shouted back. No, that’s why I’m asking you nicely to leave, but you need to leave, reiterated the manager. Then, wham, the teen wound up and socked the manager in the face, bloodying him and knocking him over, and took off down the street. Rather than stick around to help i.d. the assailant, whom our tipster overheard some of the kids saying they knew where he lived, the rest of them took off as well. No word on whether the cops caught the guy. Update: Turns out that someone did call the cops and they came very quickly, but the assailant had already fled.
Photo by joearchitect
Saint Ann’s kids would not purposefully knock books off of shelves, except perhaps for Derrida, Foucault and other late century deconstructionists, in an ironic sort of way.
“Man, that whole “you owe me respect” crap that kids (and some adults) pull is one of the most annoying things I’ve ever heard a person utter.”
Indeed.
I assume it is generally just an attempt to instigate a physical confrontation while appearing as the aggrieved party rather than the instigator, although I guess some people really believe they are owed respect from total strangers.
East New York.
How is it NOT news?
This is news?
We can send them to the new prison on Atlantic Ave. Thanks Bloomberg for destroying a vibrant neighborhood. Seriously, what is wrong with these people. Prison should go in poor hoods like Bed Stuy or Bushwick or East NY, not Cobble Hill/Downtown. D’uh!
f*cking animals
send em to prison, lets see how tough they are
This is really an unfortunate incident and I hope the manager is okay. From Brownstoner’s account, it’s unclear if the cops were called as soon as it was clear that the behavior of the students was inappropriate. Also, doesn’t this store have security guards? Not that the same thing wouldn’t have happened to them, but surely they are less of a target than a buttoned up manager. Hats off to the manager for attempting to stand up to the kids in the first place though.
Definitely brotha’s, fo’ sure – fool.
nope, St. Anne’s
Put the parents in jail too!!!!