iPhone App Tracks Sex Offenders
Concerned parents—or vigilantes—with an iPhone can download a new set of applications that track crime, list fugitives, or even pinpoint the locations of freed sex offenders. Using public records,...
View ArticleVigilante Video Divides Mexico
A video of five teenage boys being beaten by vigilantes and forced to French-kiss each other has sparked a debate on crime and justice in Mexico. Officials and human rights organizations have reacted...
View ArticleUK Court Frees Dad Jailed for Beating Burglar
A UK appeals court today freed Munir Hussain, who had been sent to jail for brutally beating a man who had invaded his home and threatened to his family. The Buckinghamshire businessman returned home...
View ArticleThugs Beat Up Real-Life 'Superhero'
Self-proclaimed superhero Phoenix Jones could have used some superpowers, or at least some tools from Batman's arsenal, over the weekend. The costumed vigilante, who patrols the streets of Seattle...
View ArticleBronx Vigilante Shoots Man Dead as He Beats Gal Pal
A Bronx vigilante ordered a man on the street to stop beating his girlfriend—then shot him in the face when the attacker refused to comply. "What are you hitting her for?" the vigilante asked David...
View ArticleTrayvon Protesters: Beware 'Indignation Fatigue'
Now that the Florida state attorney's office has begun investigating the Trayvon Martin shooting, "it might be a good idea to give the tweeting and the T-shirts and the hoodie meme a rest," writes...
View ArticleCops: Couple Killed Daughter's Alleged Pimp
Just days before a Texas man killed a man who was allegedly molesting his daughter , another set of parents reportedly took the law into their own hands. San Francisco couple Barry Gilton, 38, and Lupe...
View ArticleEgyptian Vigilantes Target, Shame Sex Harassers
Vigilante groups have sprung up in Egypt to combat the country's chronic sexual harassment problem. Women have long faced catcalls, groping, and assaults on Egypt's streets and police tended to ignore...
View ArticleEx-Cop Executed for 9 Murders
Last-minute appeals weren't enough to save serial killer Manuel Pardo from lethal injection. The cop-turned-killer was executed last night at Florida State Prison for his three-month crime spree in...
View ArticleLocals Beat Detroit Man Blamed in Teen's Rape
After a teen with Down syndrome was allegedly raped in Detroit, residents felt police were acting too slowly—so they took matters into their own hands. Using a baseball bat, several neighbors pursued...
View ArticleWoman Claims She's Hunting Bus-Driving Rapists
Mexican prosecutors are investigating claims that a woman who killed two bus drivers last week in this northern border city was seeking revenge for alleged sexual abuse of female passengers. A woman...
View ArticleBogus Mandela Interpreter Helped Burn Two Men Alive
Thamsanqa Jantjie has done things a lot worse than making up sign language —including burning two men alive, one of his relatives and three of his friends tell the AP . We already knew that Jantjie had...
View ArticleVigilantes Take Mexico Town in Fight With Cartel
More than 100 vigilantes poured into a western Mexico town yesterday, disarming police and battling with alleged cartel members before eventually taking control of the town of Nueva Italia. Upon...
View ArticleGuy Carjacked by Thugs, Shot by Bystander
Want your fellow Americans armed to the teeth? OK, but consider this: A bystander witnessing a carjacking in Houston Saturday night opened fire and missed the assailants but shot the victim in the...
View ArticleMob Burns Man Alive as Vigilante Justice Prevails in Venezuela
The mob didn't know at first what Roberto Bernal had done, but he was running and that was enough. The AP reports dozens of men loitering on the sidewalk next to a supermarket in Caracas, Venezuela,...
View ArticleCops: Couple Killed Daughter's Alleged Pimp
Just days before a Texas man killed a man who was allegedly molesting his daughter , another set of parents reportedly took the law into their own hands. San Francisco couple Barry Gilton, 38, and Lupe...
View ArticleEgyptian Vigilantes Target, Shame Sex Harassers
Vigilante groups have sprung up in Egypt to combat the country's chronic sexual harassment problem. Women have long faced catcalls, groping, and assaults on Egypt's streets and police tended to ignore...
View ArticleEx-Cop Executed for 9 Murders
Last-minute appeals weren't enough to save serial killer Manuel Pardo from lethal injection. The cop-turned-killer was executed last night at Florida State Prison for his three-month crime spree in...
View ArticleLocals Beat Detroit Man Blamed in Teen's Rape
After a teen with Down syndrome was allegedly raped in Detroit, residents felt police were acting too slowly—so they took matters into their own hands. Using a baseball bat, several neighbors pursued...
View ArticleWoman Claims She's Hunting Bus-Driving Rapists
Mexican prosecutors are investigating claims that a woman who killed two bus drivers last week in this northern border city was seeking revenge for alleged sexual abuse of female passengers. A woman...
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