Other cities such as Philadelphia have also experienced flash mob thefts to the point that Philly's mayor announced a 9 p.m. curfew last month «for city children in certain neighborhoods in an effort to stop increasing occurrences of flash mob violence.»
Consider the financial collapse and what will be the collapse of the US as a super power, escalating violence and anarchy (flashmobs becoming the latest fad)... and the list goes on and on.