After the verdict is read exonerating two police officers accused of racial profiling and beating a young African American man to death,people crowd the streets and begin to riot.This is an example of:

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Collective behavior refers to the spontaneous and unstructured behavior of a group of individuals who are responding to a particular social situation or event. Riots are a classic example of collective behavior because they involve a large group of people who are all reacting to a common situation (in this case, the verdict) in an unstructured and often violent way. The other options, such as social movements, aggregates, and convergence crowds, involve more organized forms of collective behavior or are not as applicable to this situation.

After the Verdict Is Read Exonerating Two Police Officers Accused