See what happens when the cages are opened?

There’s a new meme circulating in our media: fights between shoppers are the fault of governors who have ended their states’ lockdowns. Many examples, here’s just one:

Brawl breaks out at mall’s food court

A brawl broke out at an Atlanta mall on the day it reopened after the state’s lockdown — with the melee captured on camera.

The video has garnered more than 7 million views and some questioning whether Georgia ended its coronavirus lockdown too soon.

The 17-second clip begins with three women and a security guard scuffling in the parking lot of the Cumberland Mall.

“Get off, or I’ll have to pepper spray both of you,” the guard said as he struggled to separate the women.

Eventually, a man comes flying into the frame, dropkicking one of the women before shoving the security guard and fleeing with another woman involved in the fight.

How could this happen? The answer’s obvious.

Gov. Brian Kemp began lifting coronavirus restrictions and restarting the economy on Friday, April 24, becoming one of the first states to do so — a move that even President Trump considered “too soon.”

These mall fights, even riots, have been going on for years, probably because the shoppers were worried about being locked down in 2020.

Here’s one at a Victoria Secret’s store, 2016:

And here’s a St. Valentine’s Day Massacre back in 2011. I blame global warming.

And in upstate New York, Christmas Eve 2014, doubtless from fear that Donald Trump would announce his candidacy for president the following year: