You are correct. As with any problem, Christ provides the solution.
Re: Flash mob tactics in the promotion of criminal actions, they will be countered first using the same techniques every military officer is trained to use in the implementation of deadly force with mob psychology. First the leader is identified and targeted. When the threshold is reached to justify the use of deadly force, then first kill the leader then reassess the situation.
If the mob fails to come under control of legitimate authority, then contain the mob from outside coordination, and continue to employ force until the mob activity is controlled.
LEOs and first responders are likely to acquire the ability to cutoff all cell phone communications and access the communication linkages in their efforts to enforce the law until the mob rule is taken back under control.
Today, we need public examples made of a few flash mob initiators, that the courts will hold them accountable for the damages they spawn, with both civil and criminal prosecution. Punitive and preventative suffering of those criminally active needs to become the social norm.
The authorities must respond to violence with violence. I agree. That’s why I wrote the citizenry will be ruled one way or the other. We’ll either submit to God’s rule, relearn the discipline to rule ourselves, or beg the government to step in and rule us. No matter what, we’ll have a king.
I often write how America’s success is due to our Judeo-Christian past, and it is. However, there are other non-Christian cultures where individuals restrain themselves. Consider the Japanese for example. Fear of bringing shame on oneself and one’s family is effective. Unfortunately, Americans no longer believe in shame, and being non-judgmental is considered the greatest virtue. That does not bode well for the future.