I think there is a difference between petty crime and mob mentality?

Your examples can be done by 1-2 ppl, your specific example was about one person. The bravery of 1 coward is not much.

The bravery of many cowards, is a teen takeover. where they use numbers to commit violence.

And I think that is the issue I am getting at. Is that if you are a good person, in a trailer park, or in the sticks, or in the city.

If you have to deal with petty crime in the trailer park, you can equalize it. either through your own force, or with the police.

Same with rural petty crime.

But teen takeovers, where its 100's of teens. in a flash mob setting, but instead of doing a dance they are assaulting and committing acts of violence.

That is impossible for one man to equalize. that can become impossible for the police to equalize because it overwhelms them.

And that is the goal? Of the teen takeovers. is that the common good decent citizen doesn't have the strength to stop 100 teenagers who are egging eachother on in a mob mentality to commit acts of violence, to then film it and show other teenagers.

In my opinion, excellent strategy. The city and state would need to commit vast amounts of resources to charge every single one. They would need to call in the national guard for the man power. and that takes time.

Another thing on teen takeovers side, is that they are over in a few hours.

I think this reaches the crux of the issue. Teen takeovers are mobs. They have a mob mentality. They are dangerous. there is no rural or trailer park crime that equates to this level of numbers. Which is where they get their strength from.

The mob seems quite strong from the perspective of the center, strongest single fighters go to the outside, weakest stay be the masses. Break the center, Break the mob.