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'''Vigilantism''' is self-appointed "policing" and doing of "justice". In the [[minor-attracted community]], the term is especially used for people that practice [[legal entrapment]], [[outing|out]] various people as "[[pedophile]]s", | '''Vigilantism''' is self-appointed "policing" and doing of "justice". In the [[minor-attracted community]], the term is especially used for people that practice [[legal entrapment]], [[outing|out]] various people as "[[pedophile]]s", try to make people's lives miserable or unbearable, or attack people or their property. | ||
==Vigilante behaviour== | |||
"[[Vigilante justice]]" is based on the belief that legal mechanisms for criminal punishment are Esther nonexistent, insufficient, or too slow. Vigilantes typically see the government as ineffective in enforcing the law, or that the laws are not tough enough. Such individuals often justify their actions as a fulfilment of the wishes of the community. | |||
Persons alleged to be escaping the law or above the law are sometimes the victims of vigilantism.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csvr.org.za/papers/papvtp1.htm |title="As for Violent Crime that's our Daily Bread": Vigilante violence during South Africa's period of transition |first1=Bronwyn |last1=Harris |date=May 2001}}</ref> | |||
Vigilante behavior involves various degrees of violence. Vigilantes may assault targets verbally, physically, vandalize property, or even kill individuals. | |||
In a number of cases, vigilantism has involved targets with mistaken identities. | |||
* In Britain in the early 2000s, there were reports of vandalism, assaults, and verbal abuse towards people wrongly accused of being paedophiles, following the murder of [[Murder of Sarah Payne|Sarah Payne]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/857725.stm Paedophiles 'driven into hiding'] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4719364.stm Whispering game] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6540497.stm The campaign for 'Sarah's Law'] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/848737.stm Vigilante attack on innocent man]</ref> | |||
* In Philadelphia in 2009, Michael Zenquis was severely assaulted by a group of locals who mistook him for a rapist on the loose.<ref>{{cite news|last=Cuellar|first=Dann|title=Wrong man attacked in vigilante injustice|url=http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=6851290|accessdate=18 June 2012|newspaper=6abc,com|date=June 5, 2009|location=Center City}}</ref> | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Vigilante (dictionary)]] | |||
*[[Perverted Justice]] - The primary executive arm of anti-MA vigilantism | *[[Perverted Justice]] - The primary executive arm of anti-MA vigilantism | ||
*[[Absolute Zero]] - An additional publicity campaign, allied with the above. | *[[Absolute Zero]] - An additional publicity campaign, allied with the above. | ||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
[http://web.archive.org/web/20131115031120/http://www.newgon.com/wiki/Vigilantism "Vigilantism" (Web archive)] (Original Newgon Wiki Article) | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:17, 13 March 2015
Vigilantism is self-appointed "policing" and doing of "justice". In the minor-attracted community, the term is especially used for people that practice legal entrapment, out various people as "pedophiles", try to make people's lives miserable or unbearable, or attack people or their property.
Vigilante behaviour
"Vigilante justice" is based on the belief that legal mechanisms for criminal punishment are Esther nonexistent, insufficient, or too slow. Vigilantes typically see the government as ineffective in enforcing the law, or that the laws are not tough enough. Such individuals often justify their actions as a fulfilment of the wishes of the community.
Persons alleged to be escaping the law or above the law are sometimes the victims of vigilantism.[1]
Vigilante behavior involves various degrees of violence. Vigilantes may assault targets verbally, physically, vandalize property, or even kill individuals.
In a number of cases, vigilantism has involved targets with mistaken identities.
- In Britain in the early 2000s, there were reports of vandalism, assaults, and verbal abuse towards people wrongly accused of being paedophiles, following the murder of Sarah Payne.[2]
- In Philadelphia in 2009, Michael Zenquis was severely assaulted by a group of locals who mistook him for a rapist on the loose.[3]
See Also
- Vigilante (dictionary)
- Perverted Justice - The primary executive arm of anti-MA vigilantism
- Absolute Zero - An additional publicity campaign, allied with the above.
References
- ↑ "As for Violent Crime that's our Daily Bread": Vigilante violence during South Africa's period of transition (May 2001).
- ↑ Paedophiles 'driven into hiding' Whispering game The campaign for 'Sarah's Law' Vigilante attack on innocent man
- ↑ Cuellar, Dann. "Wrong man attacked in vigilante injustice", June 5, 2009. Retrieved on 18 June 2012.
External Links
"Vigilantism" (Web archive) (Original Newgon Wiki Article)
