I've heard it described as a mass paranoid delusion, which seems accurate. At least for the protesters - a lot of the rioters are straight up revolutionaries, and looting is a crime of opportunity. But the protesters who believe that black people are being systematically killed by cops? Paranoid delusion.
I've heard it described as a mass paranoid delusion, which seems accurate. At least for the protesters - a lot of the rioters are straight up revolutionaries, and looting is a crime of opportunity. But the protesters who believe that black people are being systematically killed by cops? Paranoid delusion.
It's media-induced gangstalking.