Crazy ProHo Tweens make Gawker.com

Thanks for the link brooklynleather---

Before I read that, I had considered writing to the editor of the Brooklyn paper to complain about the "tween terror" article and it's accompanying cartoon, but decided to let it go. Now I will for sure. It's pretty annoying that this kind of sloppy and insubstantial reporting is what passes for local news.

I can't tell you how annoyed I was when I read that ridiculous article and how pissed off I was to be quoted in it.

While I wanted to share my story on this blog, I did not choose to be associated with the story that actually had the words "tweens" "gangs" and "terrorized" in it's headlines.

Shoppers terrorized by little girls...hee hee hee...film at 11pm.

For the record...I wasn't shopping. I didn't feel terrorized, only the pain of getting hit pretty hard in the side of the head for no apparent reason except the violent thrill of a teenager.

It's not the crime of the century and it probably didn't warrant a story in the paper. But it is not "kids being kids" or "tweens being tweens" either. I think it's called assault.

Running around "bopping" people on the head --not cool, by any means, especially when the "bop" causes swelling.

Lame articles in local papers with sloppy reporting--uncool too.

Appalonia--I just found out that the journalist had tried to contact me through this site. It's too bad I didn't have a chance to talk with her. I didn't realize that I could get personal messages here. Though I might have felt worse had I commented and then been ridiculed.

I will probably send my letter in to the paper tomorrow. But I commented to the journalist personally as well, knowing that she may not have been responsible for the silly headline and cartoon.