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One of the main factors in both the Arbery and Rittenhouse cases involves vigilantism. And a lot of the chatter among wingnutters, particularly in the Rittenhouse case, is supportive of “cleaning house of the Lefty scum†without the annoyance of having to follow the law - heroic citizens righteously just doing what is right. Give ‘em a medal fer chrissakes!
Vigilantism is not illegal - taking the law into your own hands is not against the law, “citizen’s arrest†is a real thing, even though, like self-defense, how do you know if it’s justified? If a citizen tries to stop a criminal, and the criminal fears harm, and kills the citizen, isn’t that self-defense? According to the KR case it is.
Allowing lethal stand-your-ground style self-defense and vigilantism are both pathways to violent anarchy and chaos. They are the antithesis of government.
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