During the 2011 Stanley Cup riot, otherwise ordinary citizens began vandalizing cars and buildings in downtown Vancouver. Which theorist would argue that this behaviour could be expected?

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Gustave Le Bon would argue that this behavior could be expected due to his work on crowd psychology. He believed that individuals in crowds could act in ways they typically would not on their own, due to the anonymity and collective mind that forms within a crowd.

During the 2011 Stanley Cup Riot, Otherwise Ordinary Citizens Began