MetaFilter posts tagged with vigilante

Internet Lynch Mob

mippy — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:33:15 -0800

The 8 Most Awesome Examples of Internet Vigilantism. Contains a heady mix of justice and harrassment.

The Play at Home Game!

cjorgensen — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:30:21 -0800

no '.'s required for this obit

wendell — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:30:48 -0800

Ellie Nesler, "Vigilante Mom", dead at 56. From her arrest in April 1993 to her conviction on manslaughter charges six months later, Nesler's image morphed from avenger and victim to talk-show trophy and movie-of-the-week heroine, and finally to meth-head and motorcycle mama. The movie-of-the-week earned bad reviews. Her long, strange story is over, but the son she declared she was protecting grew up to commit murder himself. In prison for 25-to-life, he has a myspace page.

Angry in pink

elgilito — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:57:51 -0800

It started in 2006 as a small group of women angry at corrupt officials in the Banda district, Uttar Pradesh (the Indian state that brought you Phoolan Devi). Led by a former tea vendor, Sampat Devi Pal (badass, Magnificent 7-like picture here), the Gulabi gang counts now hundreds of women, dressed in fluorescent pink and ready to use their lathi to fight corruption, domestic violence, child marriage and the many other ills that affect their society.

Crime fighting robots are finally here

baphomet — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:45:42 -0800

Many business owners have struggled with crime in their communities and the impact that can have on their business- but when the police have their hands full, sometimes your complaints just fall through the cracks. One Atlanta bar owner has taken matters into his own hands by building a crime-fighting vigilante robot.

Video vigilante stalked by cops

LordSludge — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:32:12 -0800

On September 7, Brett Darrow drew national attention when he recorded video of an abusive police officer threatening to lock him up on "made-up" charges. The police officer was subsequently fired.

Now, the local police are staking out his home. The tape from the police cruiser mysteriously disappeared, but fortunately for Darrow, he had previously installed cameras after receiving a traffic ticket he felt was undeserved. This is not the young man's first run-in with the law. Last year, Mr. Darrow had a similar encounter at a police roadblock. Afterwards, he was the subject of posts containing threats of retaliatory harrassment and death on St. Louis CopTalk, a unofficial local police messaging board.

I ain't seen the sunshine since--I don't know when

fandango_matt — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:08:00 -0800

Throw Away The Key dot org seeks to lengthen the sentences of criminals on the premise of their mission statement: "Incarceration Works!" From their site: "If you believe a girl should be able to walk down the street in broad daylight without being abducted and murdered by a convicted felon, then it is time for you to get involved."

I'm ready for my closeup

DeepFriedTwinkies — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 21:58:44 -0800

Sometimes life throws us little changeups. We just want to get through the day, eat some fudge maybe. Yet the call for action and justice makes us put down the divinity, pick up the camera, and dispense a little homestyle justice. Gotta remember Grandpa's admonitions though: pimpin' ain't easy.

metaforth — Sat, 14 Sep 2002 01:20:19 -0800

Think of the children.

Jubey — Thu, 29 Aug 2002 06:08:11 -0800

Neighbour jailed for branding pedophile's genitals. A man attacks his two young nephews and his neighbours find out and burn him with a hot spatula as punishment. The neighbour is then imprisoned. I realise this is vigilante justice and on an intellectual level, it's wrong, but emotionally I'm finding it hard to muster much sympathy for people who attack kids and face a backlash like this. What are your reactions?