Vigilante Justice

The Origins of Policing in the United States
  • 26 September 2016
Memes claim that modern law enforcement evolved out of slave patrols.
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Did a ‘Gun-Toting Granny’ Shoot Two Rapists’ Testicles Off?
  • 9 March 2000
Reports that an Australian grandmother blew the testicles off the two men who raped her...
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Car Thief Dies in Earthquake After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, a car thief was found crushed to death in...
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Gun Control, Texas Style A woman attributed her shooting a mugger six times to the fact that her gun...
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Carry Permit Granny Well-armed old lady with a carry permit isn't afraid of 'a damn thing'?
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio
  • 14 August 2003
A popular online piece about an Arizona sheriff's dismissing prisoners' bellyaching by pointing out soldiers...
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Letter to Mugger Letter from a putative victim apologizes to a mugger for foiling his robbery attempt?
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gun toting grannies legend
Gun-Toting Grannies
  • 13 February 2020
Did an old lady pull a gun on men she found sitting in her car?
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