This was the fourth time I have gone to a location in South Los Angeles where a mob had taken over the street. This time they vandalized a bus station and an adjacent shopping center.

The inevitable question after each of these mob actions is what to do about them and why do they continue unabated and with such gleeful delight and frenzy.

Mayor Karen Bass sped to the scene and gave her answer. That is a tough crackdown and arrests. Others called for the deployment of the National Guard to stop the looting. Still others demanded swift mass arrests. They were especially angered that no arrests of the mob vandalizers was immediately made.

These are legitimate questions and concerns. But they also beg the larger question of why street takeovers not only happen but seemingly have gotten bigg

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