I find shopping to be one of the most pleasurable and relaxing of activities. But it seems like there are a lot of pissed off and stressed out people heading to the mall these days, if recent news of mall brawls is any indication.

Today Gawker reported, via the Star Tribune, that a huge flash mob-like brawl took place yesterday at the Mall of America in Minnesota, which resulted in the whole place being put on “lockdown.” A fight broke out in the food court, which quickly escalated into this:

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