(#6113) When law and order fails vigilantism rises!

      The reason we have law and order is to keep our citizenry safe from intentional harm. It isn't perfect but it is clear and precise when followed. Logic dictates that law and order is a deterrent to criminal activity when that law and order is consistent. When law and order is not consistent then those who are wronged because law and order fails, then other means of justice come into being. The category of this other form of law and order is called vigilantism. The problem with vigilantism is that it is not just about justice it is also about vengeance and emotional retribution.
     The reason we have due process and the presumption of innocence for people charged for crimes is that often enough those individuals are innocent of the charge. With vigilantism there is no due process nor presumption of innocence when a person is confronted for an offense. Many are guilty and should be arrested, however not all are guilty and are harmed nonetheless. Which is why we should not have a breakdown in law and order consistency. As to punishments meted out in real time once a vigilante has corralled the suspect there is no going back if the victim was innocent.
     Yet that is what will happen when law and order is not held to a priority status for all proven wrong doers. Vigilantes will mete out justice when they will and no defense for the accused is guaranteed. This lawlessness is becoming more plausible as the trumps continue with their attack on American cities. Once law and order is ignored by force is when all will have to adapt to a form of uncivilized comparative justice. The republican party has always wanted to bring back the days of the wild west here in America and that is where we are headed if we don't stop the republican party from divesting us of our civilized law and order.