yes. It was an episode of incompetence and mass hysteria that caused the wall to come down. The Warsaw Pact really didnt care about what Ronnie had said
TLDR German Media misreported a change in policy in regards to the Berlin border zone, tens of thousands of people showed up and some just started climbing over the wall or walking right through the gates en masse, and the guards decided -not- to just mow everyone down, a few hours later they were smashing the wall down with hammers. it was a snowball effect
Vigilantism is on the rise regardless, Either because the police are incompetent / carefree about the complaints. or because individuals are overzealous, dont undrestand or agree with the law, and decide to cosplay as the punisher.