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The solution here is to fix the law enforcement apparatus, not condone vigilantism. Yes, I know that's a hard thing to fix. But think about "IRL crime". Woul
by kelnos 2y ago
The solution here is to fix the law enforcement apparatus, not condone vigilantism. Yes, I know that's a hard thing to fix.
But think about "IRL crime". Would we condone someone pulling out their gun and going after someone who they believed had stolen from them? I hope not.
The problems are the usual ones with vigilantism: ensuring a proportionate response to the alleged crime is impossible (vigilantism usually has a large emotional component, so good luck restraining someone there), and ensuring the vigilante is actually going after the right person, and hasn't screwed up their investigation, causing them to target someone innocent.
Certainly holding law enforcement accountable is difficult and sometimes impossible. But at least there's a process to fix that, and people are constantly working on this problem. There's no process to fix cases where randos botch an amateur investigation and mess up the life of someone innocent.