Mob Mentality
Today I got into LA and, typically, something odd happened. I was sitting with my brother having a discussion in front of a restaurant where we were waiting to be seated, when suddenly a tall mid-20’s kid with a ripped shirt runs by us. He was followed by a cop who was screaming at him. Within two feet of us, the cop pulls out a gun and the runner gets on the ground and gives up. I look, and at least 20 people get up from their dinners to run outside and watch the arrest. This was no only annoying because it made my dinner wait longer. It was just disgusting to watch everyone push and shove each other for some cheap and pathetic entertainment. They were making this spectacle out of this kid’s misery and embarrassment, and it was terrible. I refused to take part in it, but just observed the mob mentality of the whole thing. It was very revealing of a shallower and grosser side of human nature.