[Syndrome]

I do not like promoting stereotypes but what I saw today makes it unavoidable.

Why is it young African males swarm in packs to attack individuals or smaller groups?

Today I was at Mordialloc. As most people do we walked on the jetty. Anybody familiar with this jetty knows it is popular with the youth for jumping into the water. This afternoon there were at least 50 young people near the covered seats about 2/3 along the jetty. Africans, Islanders (one was wearing a Tonga top) and all sorts of Caucasians. Plus maybe a few middle eastern lads. All was well and people were enjoying themselves. The weather was great and the atmosphere was pleasant.

Then I noticed a lot of the young people crowd around the seats with people on the other side climbing up to peer over. I tried to get close to see what was the fuss but was unable to see anything. It appears somebody was being dared to do something. No idea what. A countdown 3-2-1 was heard followed by a pop sound and laughter. All of a sudden without warning one of the bigger African lads pushed in and launched at somebody on the bench feet first. This immediately caused several of the other African lads to pile in and start taking cheap shots with their feet and hands. I got the hell out of there. It was a very tense situation so we left the jetty. The perpetrators left before the police arrived.