This would be so effective. These rioters aren't zombies, they're (cowardly, selfish, ignorant) people. They still fear for their lives. Once they see a few drop, they won't even stop to think -- they'll just turn around.
I still struggle to understand the herd mentality that causes people to act like crazed animals, but as you say there's a definite difference between "riot" (feeling really invincible) and "panic", as in "holy sheet; that guy doing what I'm doing just got dead!"
This would be so effective. These rioters aren't zombies, they're (cowardly, selfish, ignorant) people. They still fear for their lives. Once they see a few drop, they won't even stop to think -- they'll just turn around.
I still struggle to understand the herd mentality that causes people to act like crazed animals, but as you say there's a definite difference between "riot" (feeling really invincible) and "panic", as in "holy sheet; that guy doing what I'm doing just got dead!"