Well, it's really simple.
Weird people to begin with get weirder and weirder when there's no authorities to clamp down on it. It's really no different than when Floyd riots were mental at the beginning and loot craziness happens in some cities where policing is lax. In Canada, there was ZERO validation for anyone applying for $2000/mth covid payouts. EVERYONE got it as long as you applied. You could be lawyer making millions per year and you'd get the $2000. So when there's zero control shitlloads of people grabbed the money, the government then tried to retroactively control and scrape it back, then of course it was too big to solve so they gave up asking for money back where I think the loss was $15 billion. They literally announced they'd stop going after people.
If the city doesn't control this it's just gets into bigger and bigger stupidity where every mobber knows nobody is going to do anything so might as well keep doing it. And if it festers too big, no police or SWAT team can control it as it's got too big.
The best way to prevent idiotic things is to stop it fast. Thin of it like a leaky pipe. You can either fix it asap on your own or call a plumber or let it get worse over the next month hoping it goes away. Good luck.