bucks orle less, that's not a felony, just a misdemeanor. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. professor sharice is with the department of law and society at the university of california irvine. thank you so much for joining us. professor, almost literally every day now, we're getting reports of new attacks by these flash mob thieves. what we're seeing seems like scenes from some sort of dystopian movie. so what's behind all of this? >> we're still trying to get a handle of what's going on with these types of crimes. on the one hand, places where they're occurring, places like los angeles and san francisco, especially in california, are places that have seen lots of retail thefts over the years and rank in the top ten. on the other hand, as you mentioned, they're quite distinct, they're very unique. these are involving many, many individuals that are highly organized, using social media in