The dramatic video footage often appears on TV news and social media: A large group of people storm into a store, smashing display cases and snatching loose merchandise before escaping in minutes ...

A term originally associated with fun has turned more menacing.In popular culture, flash mob has also come to be associated with a large outpouring of violence, such as those that have plagued the ...

Common police strategy for preventing flash mobs has been tightening of curfews. Aug. 27, 2011— -- When a massive flash mob rampaged outside the Wisconsin State Fair injuring 11 fairgoers on Aug.

When brazen groups of thieves in all-black clothes and hoodies sprinted into the Nordstrom at the Topanga Mall, the Yves Saint Laurent store at the Americana on Brand in Glendale and a pop-up Gucci ...

Area residents dressed in festive costumes gather on Maplewood Road to perform for trick-or-treaters as the crowd watches during a Halloween flash mob Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in Riegelsville. The ...

A little over two months ago, the owner of Atlanta's The Sistah Shop took to social media to talk about her struggles. The video got the attention of two men who came together to organize a flash mob ...