Vigilante

While heroes and vigilantes may be very similar, there is a difference between the two titles. A hero is someone who shows great courage and is admired for their brave acts, while a vigilante is someone who appoints themselves law-enforcer and protector of their community, and they can be a hero while carrying out their duties. Rikki-tikki is a vigilante because he appoints himself protector of the garden, enforces law and order in the garden by killing the snakes, and is a hero while carrying…

employees with legal authority; however, civilians sometimes take justice into their own hands. When this happens it is called vigilantism, the term “vigilante” is often used with a negative connotation. This is because when vigilantism is carried out in a way that is not righteous, lawful, or proficient it can…

With decades of living under the unrelenting and brutal control of a multitude of drug cartels, the people of Michoacan, a state in southwestern Mexico, enthusiastically welcomed the unlawful organization of the vigilante, self-defense group known as the Autodefensas. Founded in 2013 and headed by Dr. José Manuel Mireles, the Autodefensas were made up of local men in the rural state who shared one common goal: reclamation of the towns that were being run by the Knights Templar, a violent drug…

From The Murder and The Vigilante, by John Steinbeck, and Killings and Rose, by Andre Dubus, the theme of the individual vs. society is shown repeatedly. The common ground that is provided to us from these 4 different short stories by two separate authors, is that they all contain their view of society in the context of violence, justice, and the law. A major similarity that is seen throughout these short stories, is the context of violence, justice, and the law. In all 4 short stories,…

The term “vigilante justice” often invokes images of a fighter who uses his strength or power to take action at the expense of the common law. From the outside, these individuals seem to be wild and unpredictable, actively promoting disobedience to the established legal system. With this delicate relationship between the law and the citizens hanging in the balance, we must ask ourselves whether these lawbreakers can be considered heroes. Robin Hood, a self-proclaimed outlaw who “robs the rich to…

In today’s media, people love vigilante justice, actually we root for vigilante justice. We have movies like Taken, where a man takes the law into his own hands and goes after the men who took his daughter, and in the wake of this he kills over thirty men. In the show Dexter, the main character is a smart and likeable guy who decides who is a bad person and then kills them. We watch these things and don’t think twice about the aspect of the law. In real life, vigilante justice is and incredibly…

Government against vigilantism (Mexico) In January 2014, vigilante groups in Mexico came to the lime-light when they took it to their hands to oppose the drug traffickers. Initially, in 2013 they set off to protect their hometowns from extortion and violence by local prohibited. Gradually, they even started to protect their neighboring towns and set them free from the evil of drug trafficking. They set themselves armed against the criminals and were unwilling to unarm even when the Mexican army…

Additionally from “Farming the Home Place: Taking Root in a Harsh Land”, there was multiple offenses of vigilante violence against Japanese farmers in Turlock, California. This was more physical violence by groups of local people. At night people would rob the Japanese ranchers, or escalate it to the point of which they would actually drive them out of the town and warn them to not return. This showed that the local people from the same area were not accepting of anyone who was Japanese. Also…

John Brown was in fact a criminal. Brown was fighting for a just cause, but did so illegally. As stated in the constitution, he has the right to peaceful protest and speech, but took it much farther than that. In fact, he should be considered a vigilante. Brown and his followers murdered five men in cold bold in Kansas, along with helping on the Underground Railroad, both illegal acts as well. Brown spent over two years forming a so called “army” to fight in Kansas, but only ended up getting…

society have near identical problems as does the city Batman calls home, leading to uprisings and vigilantes to take decisive action to provide justice for the people. Just like…