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Mother wants answers in incident involving son, Orange Park Mall security

by Jaimee Heimer on February 1, 2021 in Mall

ORANGE PARK, Fla. – Demonstrators gathered Monday night outside the Orange Park Mall demanding answers after a video appears to show security officers restrain a young man to the ground.

Video of the incident was taken by a concerned parent and shared with News4Jax.

“I can understand them being rowdy in the mall or whatever, but that right there is uncalled for,” said Natisha Meyer, who says her son was on the ground.

Meyer said her son and his friends were in the mall, making a YouTube video, when security approached them.

“They asked them to leave. They were leaving.

Chicago sisters accused of stabbing store security guard 27 times after he asked them to wear a mask

by Jaimee Heimer on January 31, 2021 in Shoe Store

Two sisters were charged with first-degree attempted murder on Tuesday after they allegedly stabbed a security guard 27 times after he asked the women to wear a mask and use the store-provided hand sanitizer, police say.

A Chicago Police Department spokesperson told NBC News that Jessica Hill, 21, and her sister, Jayla, 18, initially got into a verbal altercation with a guard at a shoe store in Chicago after they refused to wear a mask. The late Sunday afternoon incident turned physical when one of the sisters allegedly pulled out a knife and stabbed the guard multiple times in the

As looters hit the Grove mall, a security guard begs them to stop: ‘We’re one of you’

by Jaimee Heimer on June 26, 2020 in Mall

As looters began to descend on the Grove shopping mall on Saturday evening, two security guards outside the Nike store begged protesters not to enter.

“We’re one of you,” one guard said.

Several stores at the upscale shopping mall next to Farmers Market in Los Angeles were hit, including the Nordstrom. A police kiosk at the mall was set on fire but officials were able to extinguish it before it spread.

The crowd rushed into the mall after police attempted to push some of the protesters assembled near 3rd Street. As the looters entered the area, the Grove’s outdoor speakers