After reading and viewing the mob mentality pieces, I conclude that being in a mob make people’s actions more harsh and unrelenting. For example Smith writes that “These factors sometimes make a person believe that they can act a certain way within a group and not have the same consequences that the same actions would have if he or she acted alone.” This quote means that when people in a group commit a crime, they believe that they are more likely to get away with what they are doing. Since there is more than one person participating, they feel like the chances of getting in trouble is unlikely. If they were to break the law by themselves, they may actually think of the consequences of the actions. Another example is when Beitler captures a
