Livid Over Crime, Some Venezuelans Resort To Mob Justice

Yahoo - Reuters ^ | Alexandra Ulmer and Diego Oré

[blam]

By Alexandra Ulmer and Diego Oré
September 2, 2015

VALENCIA/CARACAS (Reuters) - When a man they believed to be a thief sneaked into their parking lot in the Venezuelan city of Valencia, angry residents caught him, stripped him and beat him with fists, sticks and stones.

They tied him up and doused him in gasoline, according to witnesses, in one of what rights groups and media reports say are an increasing number of mob beatings and lynchings in a country ravaged by crime.

That August night, as locals say is common, three people had sneaked into Valencia's Kerdell residential block. In past such break-ins, thieves have made off with car tires, batteries and radios.

But this time, one resident spotted the trespassers and alerted other neighbors, according to the witnesses.

"'Kill him, give it to him,' they shouted," recounted Trina Castro, 82, in this once middle-class and peaceful area that is now plagued with garbage and graffiti. One reads: "Get ready, thief, here we burn you. Regards, Kerdell."

"I tried to stop the mob but the level of violence endangered anyone who opposed them," said another witness, asking to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation.

The unconscious man, who was not torched, was evacuated and is now in the local hospital's trauma ward, according to witnesses and Valencia's police.

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[Kartographer]

Preppares PING!!

SHTF in progress.

[GeronL]

The cops and courts are corrupt

[tanknetter]

Coming soon to a major US population center near you!

[PeteePie]

Actually, for we morally upright citizens, this doesn’t sound like such a bad turn of events. Attention BLMs and the rest of you bums, the pendulum swings wide going the other way too!

[Lurker]

When civil justice fails vigilante justice becomes inevitable. It is the natural order of things.

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[SkyDancer]

The country has gone over the top and most likely can’t bring it back for years, not until they get rid of those socialistic leaders.

[knarf]

the pendulum swings wide going the other way too!

Every news story should be followed with that line

The alphabet news always broadcasts doom and gloom as if we are the bad guys, there is no hope, BOHICA, etc.

But we here in America are more than equal to the task

[blam]

Brazil's water crisis is so bad that people are getting hepatitis from tap water

[Riley]

Same thing happens in Brazil. If you get caught by the mob even in an armed robbery, they will throng you and beat the living hell out of you.

[Old Sarge]

Attention BLMs and the rest of you bums, the pendulum swings wide going the other way too!

And we have guns, too - and we hold them correctly...

[Kartographer]

Preppers PING!!

Hat tip to blam for the heads up.

Water and water purification the most under valued and over looked prep.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

They tied him up and doused him in gasoline,

And...?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

SHTF in progress.

Indeed. It isn't going to drop like a leg hold trap being sprung. It will be incremental and accelerate as it gains momentum. Like sunset, then dusk then...nightfall.

[shooter223]

If present trends continue, I fully expect to see “vigilance committees” become popular in this country.

[caww]

...."When civil justice fails vigilante justice becomes inevitable"....

And that doesn't have to be when just the food supply fails....people aren't trusting police will respond...here's an example of a parent taking action to to protect her son from hoodlums in the US.....

The mother is first seen screaming... 'Get the f*** away from my kid, you motherf*****'.....One of the teens can then be heard telling Tracy Leeser,.... 'You don't know s***' before saying, 'your son's gonna get your a** beat right now, I'll beat your son's a** right now'........ Leeser pulled out the gun from her shorts, yelling, .....'you wanna beat my a**?' as she points it at one of teens, who yells 'come on shoot me, shoot me'.......Even with a gun pointed in their face they remain brazen though the parents repeats many times..."Leave my son alone"........

[bgill]

What is that sticker behind the girl's knee? Looks similar to an Obama logo but not quite. They don't look like they've missed too many meals.

They polluted their own water. Don't litter your streets and garbage won't flow into your drinking water. The people need to get off their backsides and clean up the river. Laziness causes filth. Living in filth causes disease and death.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

did not light him on fire.

You could say that was a warning dousing.

Next time someone will flic that bic.

[JEDI4S]

VIVA LA TOILET PAPER !!!!

[driftdiver]

They probably were in line to buy a lighter.