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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.
Vigilantism in the United States. 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. [1]
Gary Plauché. Leon Gary Plauché (November 10, 1945 – October 20, 2014) was an American man known for publicly killing Jeffrey Doucet, a child molester who had kidnapped and raped Plauché's son, Jody. Plauché shot and killed Doucet as he was being escorted through an airport by law enforcement to face trial for what he had done to Plauché ...
Internet vigilantism is the act of carrying out vigilante activities through the Internet. The term encompasses vigilantism against alleged scams, crimes, and non-Internet-related behavior. The expanding scope of media savvy and online interaction has enabled vigilantes to utilize methods specific to the Internet in order to distribute justice ...
Vigilance committee. A vigilance committee is a group of private citizens who take it upon themselves to administer law and order or exercise power in places where they consider the governmental structures or actions inadequate. [1] Prominent historical examples of vigilance committees engaged in forms of vigilantism include abolitionist ...
Beretta 70. Marianne Bachmeier (3 June 1950 – 17 September 1996) was a West German woman who shot and killed Klaus Grabowski, a man on trial for the rape and murder of her daughter Anna (14 November 1972 – 5 May 1980), in an act of vigilantism in the District Court of Lübeck in 1981. The case sparked extensive media coverage and public debate.
Frontier justice. Frontier justice is extrajudicial punishment that is motivated by the nonexistence of law and order or dissatisfaction with judicial punishment. [1] The phrase can also be used to describe a prejudiced judge. [2] Lynching, [1] vigilantism and gunfighting are considered forms of frontier justice. [3]
The Bald Knobbers were a group of vigilantes in the Ozark region of southwest Missouri, United States from 1885 to 1889. They are commonly depicted wearing black horned hoods with white outlines of faces painted on them, a distinction that evolved during the rapid proliferation of the group into neighboring counties from its Taney County origins.