| ▲ | shiroiuma 4 hours ago | |
I see; this makes more sense. It's a little hard to imagine these days though, but ages ago, mobs storming the local jail and hanging a suspect wasn't that uncommon. | ||
| ▲ | aspenmayer 40 minutes ago | parent [-] | |
> ages ago, mobs storming the local jail and hanging a suspect wasn't that uncommon. Sometimes, suspects don't even make it to the jail. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ruby_Shoots_Lee_Harvey_Os... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre Uncommon or not, vigilantism is incompatible with justice on a societal level, regardless of any alleged guilt of offenders. Without a showing of evidence, a trial of the accused, and a verdict that withstands judgment, we're left with theories and conjecture, and hatchets long left unburied. | ||