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Your Comments: Does flash mob violence scare you away from Center City?

July 21, 2011

Have you or someone you know been caught up or injured in a flash mob? Does a perceived threat of random violence you scared to enter certain parts of town? Have recent crackdowns improved the situation enough? How can people protect themselves?

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