Mob violence is a gathering of people who are engaging in unlawful civil disorder. A riot or lynching are two examples of mob violence.
- Rioting usually occurs when a civil protest or lawful gathering of people gets out of hand. Although there may be some kind of leader or purpose to the riot, they are often characterized by a "group mentality" with rioters losing their sense of individuality. The Occupy Wall-Street movement of Oakland California resulted in a riot when police and protestors clashed. The Miami riots of 1980 are another example of a riot that resulted in the death of three people and the national guard being called to intervene.
- Lynch mob is a term that most people know to describe a group of people intent on dealing their own form of punishment.
In June of 2011, a group of 60-70 individuals marched into a predominantly white neighborhood and began yelling racially motivated threats towards the residents. The group, consisting mostly of African-American males began to assault white residents and block of streets. Prior to this display of violence, other racially motivated actions had taken place in the same neighborhood. Although, there weren't any clear motivating factors reported by police. The media didn't seem to really report much on the violence as being racially motivated. Allegations of racial motivation seem to mostly come from the neighborhood residents. portrayed the white residents as the victims and the African-American males as the offenders.
In the media:
Bob Marley has a fantastic song about mob violence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M99nzyiS830 The song addresses looting in order to obtain food that's unavailable because enough isn't provided.
Ice Cube addresses the Watt's and Miami riots in his song We Had to Tear This Mother Fucker Up:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8V66bxvM2Q The song perfectly exemplifies the atmosphere of riots and events surrounding most of the racial riots that took place decades ago.
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