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  2. Vigilantism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Vigilantism in the United States of America is defined as acts which violate societal limits which are intended to defend and protect the prevailing distribution of values and resources from some form of attack or some form of harm.

  3. Vigilance committee - Wikipedia

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    Vigilance committee in Boston in 1851, after Thomas Sims's arrest. Abolitionists met at Faneuil Hall in the 1830s and formed the Committee of Vigilance and Safety to "take all measures that they shall deem expedient to protect the colored people of this city in the enjoyment of their lives and liberties."

  4. Vigilantism - Wikipedia

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    Vigilantism (/ v ɪ dʒ ɪ ˈ l æ n t ɪ z əm /) is the act of preventing, investigating, and punishing perceived offenses and crimes without legal authority. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A vigilante is a person who practices or partakes in vigilantism, or undertakes public safety and retributive justice without commission.

  5. Category:Vigilantism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Vigilantism in the United States, the act of enforcing the law and investigating and punishing offenses and crimes without legal authority. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.

  6. Internet vigilantism - Wikipedia

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    Internet vigilantism originated in the early 2000s and has since evolved to include a variety of methods such as hacking, baiting, and public shaming. Internet vigilantism changes in cultural and political drive depending on location, and has varying relationships to state authority depending on context.

  7. Barr claims defunding police would lead to 'vigilantism' in ...

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    AG William Barr also appeared to contradict Trump saying that his trip to the White House bunker as protests raged outside was to "inspect" it.

  8. Police abolition movement - Wikipedia

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    "Abolish the police" sign on an NYPD Ford Explorer during the George Floyd protests. The police abolition movement is a political movement, mostly active in the United States, that advocates replacing policing with other systems of public safety. [1]

  9. Minuteman Project - Wikipedia

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    The Minuteman Project is an organization which was founded in the United States in August 2004 [1] by a group of private individuals who sought to extrajudicially monitor the United States–Mexico border's flow of illegal immigrants. [2]