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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", or try to make people's lives miserable or unbearable. | '''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", or try to make people's lives miserable or unbearable. | ||
==Vigilante behaviour== | |||
"[[Vigilante justice]]" is rationalized by the idea that adequate legal mechanisms for criminal punishment are either nonexistent or insufficient. Vigilantes typically see the government as ineffective in enforcing the law; such individuals often claim to 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 Guyana in 2008, Hardel Haynes was beaten to death by a mob who mistook him for a thief.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mob killings spark worry|url=http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2008/12/14/mob-killings-spark-worry/|accessdate=18 June 2012|newspaper=Kaieteur News|date=December 14, 2008}}</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> | |||
* In South Africa from the period 2002 to the present there has been an increase in vigilantism against the mining sector in response to perceived failures in the mitigation of acid mine drainage in the Witwatersrand Goldfields<ref>http://www.noseweek.co.za/article/2932/Wonder-Woman-Gautengs-last-hope</ref> and Mpumalanga Coalfields.<ref>http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-11-29-mpumalangas-notsoclean-coal</ref> | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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*[[Absolute Zero]] - An additional publicity campaign, allied with the above. | *[[Absolute Zero]] - An additional publicity campaign, allied with the above. | ||
==References== | |||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
[http://newgon.com/wiki/Vigilantism "Vigilantism"] (Original Newgon Wiki Article) | [http://newgon.com/wiki/Vigilantism "Vigilantism"] (Original Newgon Wiki Article) | ||
Revision as of 14:44, 15 April 2014
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", or try to make people's lives miserable or unbearable.
Vigilante behaviour
"Vigilante justice" is rationalized by the idea that adequate legal mechanisms for criminal punishment are either nonexistent or insufficient. Vigilantes typically see the government as ineffective in enforcing the law; such individuals often claim to 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 Guyana in 2008, Hardel Haynes was beaten to death by a mob who mistook him for a thief.[3]
- In Philadelphia in 2009, Michael Zenquis was severely assaulted by a group of locals who mistook him for a rapist on the loose.[4]
- In South Africa from the period 2002 to the present there has been an increase in vigilantism against the mining sector in response to perceived failures in the mitigation of acid mine drainage in the Witwatersrand Goldfields[5] and Mpumalanga Coalfields.[6]
See Also
- 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
- ↑ "Mob killings spark worry", December 14, 2008. Retrieved on 18 June 2012.
- ↑ Cuellar, Dann. "Wrong man attacked in vigilante injustice", June 5, 2009. Retrieved on 18 June 2012.
- ↑ http://www.noseweek.co.za/article/2932/Wonder-Woman-Gautengs-last-hope
- ↑ http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-11-29-mpumalangas-notsoclean-coal
External Links
"Vigilantism" (Original Newgon Wiki Article)
