He told police that he was going to continue killing sex offenders until they caught him. Patrick Drum killed two sex offenders and would have killed more if he had not been caught. Drum didn’t wake up one day and decide he wanted to kill sex offenders. It had crossed his mind but after he met a man named Michael ... Read More »
The people will rise up and take justice into their own hands if local law enforcement doesn’t do their job. If law enforcement is corrupt the community will circle the wagons and protect their own. History has shown repeatedly that vigilantism will rise up when lawlessness exists. In Argentina vigilante justice is being reported repeatedly. Buenos Aires is in a ... Read More »
A dark time in Oregon’s history began in Crook County and more specifically Prineville, Oregon on March 15, 1882. Two men named A.H. Crooks and Stephen Jory were marking boundary lines near the ranch of a man named Lucius Langdon near the town of Prinville. The two men took a break for lunch and when they returned Mr. Langdon stood ... Read More »
Stinson Hunter aka Keiren Parsons lured and tricked Michael Parkes into thinking he was going to meet with a 12 year old girl that he met online for sex. Michael Parkes is 45 years old and there was no 12 year old girl. Hunter pretended he was a 12 year old girl online to lure Parkes out and videotape him ... Read More »
Unlike many vigilantes we see in the news where they hurt or injure someone that has wrong them Jason Berry of Arlington did something even better. Berry alleges that a snow plow on Arlington’s Military Road was plowing the road in the wrong direction against traffic. Berry said he hit his brakes and continued to travel towards the large snow ... Read More »
The masked vigilante named Phoenix Jones walks to the streets of Seattle looking for instances of crime. He just didn’t wake up one morning and decide to do this. Something happened to him (like many other fictional super heroes) that made him become the masked vigilante that he is today. Phoenix Jones tells of a story where his vehicle was ... Read More »
The Anti-Horse Thief Association appears to be one of the very few vigilante groups that was truly interested in doing the right thing and catching the bad guys. Though it started as a vigilante group that primarily caught horse thieves, they later expanded their horizons and focused on all type of criminals and crimes. The Anti-Horse Thief Association or AHTA ... Read More »
In the Gold Rush days of San Francisco there was much law breaking and lawlessness. Miners from around the world found themselves looking to find gold and make it rich. The History.com website shares a time in San Francisco history when vigilantes take matters into their own hands on two different occasions. One occasion took place in 1851 and the ... Read More »
Is Vigilante Justice Wrong? Is vigilante justice wrong? Is taking justice into your own hands the right thing to do? If you watch movies you will typically only see vigilantes placed in a good light. Batman, Kick Ass and Dexter are all placed in a good light, a justified light. Vigilante justice is when someone take the law into their ... Read More »
Manuel Pardo Jr. is not your typical vigilante. Unlike some vigilantes that are looked at as heroes, Pardo does not fit that description. Manuel Pardo was executed at 7:47 p.m. on December 11, 2012 in Florida. So why was he sentenced to death? Pardo’s was a former Boy Scout and Navy Veteran. Pardo later becomes a law enforcement officer in 1978 ... Read More »
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