vigilante justice

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"In a civil society, we are all less safe when ideologues engage in vigilante justice."

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2024

And who can forget Run-D.M.C.’s quest for vigilante justice in 1988’s “Tougher Than Leather”?

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2023

These laws fostered a kind of vigilante justice, in which citizens could police the electoral behavior of others in the name of preventing fraudulent voting.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2022

Police departments and the people who are responsible for public safety need to not enable vigilante justice.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2021

Hosted by the venomous Quin Archer, each episode of “Payback” features an act of reality-TV vigilante justice.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2020