For about 16 years, my wife and I lived in the Kaiserslautern region....in a small town next to Alsenborn. What Alsenborn had...on the plus-side....was a 5-star outdoor pool complex (with a big parking lot).
This morning, via the national news....the Alsenborn pool got into the headlines...oddly enough.
Over the weekend, with nice weather....a lot of folks were there, and in the midst of things....a group of five teenagers (we are led to believe all were young 'men' (juvenile boys). Some disturbance came up, and some mother in her 30s....came up and gave the young lads a 'talking-to'. It was the kind of thing you would you have expected in the 1990s, and nothing else would have developed.
In this case....around an hour later, as the mother left with her two kids.....the gang of five came up and confronted her outside of the pool area/complex, with one approaching her and slapping her on the face.
More or less....by the way the news then discussed it.....the woman was a bit shocked, and seconds later....her husband came out of the pool area. The gang of five took off when another person started calling the police.
Its the kind of behavior that you would not have seen twenty to thirty years ago, but it's a sign of the times that juveniles are demanding respect....in a negative way.
The cops? They are looking for the five, and as large as the village is....not that big....it'll take a week or two but they probably will be identified and end up with a summons to appear at some police station.
A sign of the times, I imagine.
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