It is very hard to watch the below video, and would suggest only those with specific interest in Gangs and Mobs as it relates to the topics discussed on this website. It is very disturbing.
This is not your normal mob. Mobs usually have a mutual purpose, while it has been suggested that this may have been gang related, everyone in the video does not have the same purpose. Examining it appears that there are two distinct groups , there is one dressed in black and red and there are 2 people in white t-shirts that can be grouped together, as one comes to the aid of the other near the car. Groups of people working together gives courage to all member that they may have not had standing alone. This is not one gang against another, the 'fighting' is random and uncoordinated.
There are another 15 individuals that are unrelated to the groups who get involved in the violence. Something happens here that happens with all mobs that turn violent, the strong focus on the weak.
Something that stands out, when there is a short blast of a siren immediately people begin to scatter. I have spoken to police and they say there is two schools of thought about the siren: there is the cop who doesn't want to risk dangerous situations who will use the siren all the way up to the call (it is a warning to the robber, or gang, or criminal that I am coming and allows for the person to flee the scene and thus avoid confrontation); and the other school is to not use the siren because you are more likely to get an arrest.
The horns and the 50+ people who are seeing this unfold are can be heard saying get off of him and general screaming are shocked at what is unfolding.
Had the wood not been sitting in the lot, where it could be picked up and used as a weapon, this likely would have ended differently.
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
Beating Death of a 16-year-old Chicago Honor Roll Student Derrion Albert
New SNL Cast Member Jenny Slate Swears On Live TV on Last's Week Show
What is note worthy about this, is watch Jenny's reaction after she realizes what has just happened.
Her lips move together in a kissing pose, she is attempting to make her lips and the opening of her mouth as small as possible, she is holding her breathe, then exhales to relieve stress and it puffs her checks out, still not wanting to allow anything else out of her mouth.◦
Categories of Gestures: Adaptors
These gestures are used subconsciously during communication and interactions and they are a gesture that are most important to our field of study.
These are those little things we do to comfort ourselves when we feel uncomfortable; they are the little things that liars do that give themselves away.
Adapters are linked with negative feelings such as anxiety, nervousness, fear, etc.◦
One Second
Here we see a man waste a gesture since he is on the phone, but of course it is naturally done to control the conversation and means, "excuse me, one second" I have something I would like to say.◦
Friday, October 2, 2009
Woman Shows us the Universal Gesture of the Ear Cup
This means speak up if it is done deliberately. If it is done when we are straining to hear another and the gestures aids by artificially enlarging the ear.◦
Thursday, October 1, 2009
An Article You Should Check Out
Six Signals His Face Is Sending You
Cosmo uncovers the secret body-language clues that reveal your guy's deepest desires — almost instantly.
Six Signals His Face Is Sending You◦
Building a Better Lie Detector
Talk of the Nation guests discuss current technology used for detecting lies, and a new device based on brain scans. It's potentially more effective than other means, but the device raises issues of accuracy, ethics, consent and privacy.
Guests:
Daniel Langleben, psychiatrist at the University of Pennsylvania; pioneer in the lie-detection field
Paul Wolpe, senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Bioethics◦
The Hand Ring Gesture and the MANY Meanings
This is a gesture you want to be VERY careful to use when you are traveling!
In North America and Europe it means 'okay' and 'good.'
In Germany, Sardinia, Malta, Tunisia, Turkey, Greece, Russia, the Middle East and some parts of South American is a sexual insult that symbolize an orifice.
In Belgium, France and Tunisia it means 'zero.'
In Japan it means 'money' becasue it looks like a coin.
In South America if it is performed horizontally instead of vertically as shown above it means 'good,' 'okay,' 'perfection,' and/or everything is 'fine.
In Italy, if the shape is less round and a tad more like the politician's purse it could mean 'what are you talking about?' if pointed upward, and 'justice' if pointed downward.
So many meaning with one gesture!◦
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