Is There Safety in Numbers?
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Staten Island, NY Posted: 5/10/2017 1:00:00 AM
Why do large crowds of people turn into mobs?
They say there's safety in numbers, but as the numbers get larger, things can get pretty ugly.
For some reason, whenever large groups of people get together, a strange phenomenon takes place. With each new person added to the group, the group turns into a crowd, and as the crowd grows, so does the chance that it will turn into something entirely different... a mob.
Mobs are totally unpredictable, regardless of the situation that brought them together. I first experienced this in 1986, when I went to see the New York Mets ticker tape parade in New York City after winning the World Series. The parade was beautiful and there was nothing but positivity in the air, but as I drifted through the crowd, I soon realized things were getting out of control. There were people jumping on and flipping over parked cars. The same thing happened in Chicago after they won the Series in 2016. If that's what people do when they're celebrating, you have to wonder how out of control an angry mob can be.
In 2011, there was a massive riot in Vancouver Canada after they lost the Stanley Cup to the Boston Bruins. Unlike the "happy" crowds in Chicago and New York, these Hockey fans were simply out of control. Looters smashed store windows and people grabbed as much stuff as they could get their hands on. There were countless flipped and burned parked cars, including police cars, and numerous arrests and injuries... all in the name of sports.
It's hard to understand what makes crowds turn into mobs, but one thing is for sure, there may be safety in numbers, but be careful as the numbers increase.
Joe Crescenzi, Founder
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