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• n  the actions of a vigilance committee in trying to enforce the laws

• But vigilantism is a risky business, particularly when it carries an odor of race baiting.
• Mobs with pitchforks, vigilantism, frontier justice all seem sweaty and coarse compared with the men in powdered wigs duly processing the law.
• But in the latest episode of muscle-flexing, China's bloggers have gone beyond puerile vigilantism.

News & Articles

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• Trayvon Martin shooting: Race hangs over case as trial begins (+video)
  As the trial of George Zimmerman begins Monday, the major legal question will be whether the defendant acted in self-defense. But the Trayvon Martin shooting also pokes at issues such as profiling, interracial crime fears, and vigilantism.
  June 11, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
• Trayvon Martin shooting: Race hangs over case as trial begins
  The tale of how George Zimmerman shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin on the streets of a gated community in Sanford, Fla., continues to poke at uncomfortable truths in a not-so-post-racial America – including perceptions about profiling, interracial crime fears, drug use stereotypes, and vigilantism.
  June 10, 2013 - Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News
• Kentucky Anon who led Steubenville protest unmasks himself, says FBI raided his house
  KYAnonymous, KnightSec head spearheaded online vigilantism in teen rape case.
  June 6, 2013 - Ars Technica

Quotes

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• Janet Murguia in Kansas.com
  We see the Minutemen as an extremist group that espouses hate and vigilantism and some violence,Murguia said last week. "A member of such a group, no matter how upstanding in other ways, should have no place representing Kansas City."
• Helen Zille in Independent Online
  And that was precisely what the Imam was trying to do - prevent vigilantism and violence,said Zille. "And with these kinds of objectives I and my organisation [The DA] can certainly associate."
• Dennis Kucinich in Houston Chronicle
  Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich said, "We don't encourage vigilantism in this country."