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.

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 ...

One very popular example of a flash mob is the March 2009 video that featured over 200 participants in Antwerp, Belgium, Central train station who spontaneously broke into choreographed dance steps to ...