I am in Davao City now. In the 80s, Davao City was a hell hole. Then, Duterte and others came along, and determined they would change that. They did.
I have been to the Hall of Justice, and seen paperwork, and court files stacked up to the ceiling. Maybe justice is meted out some other way? At any rate, it is safe to walk the streets of Davao City, day and night.
Other places are not so good. Sometimes there are incidents like Maguindanao, Ipil and Mamasapano, but I think Chicago and Baltimore are worse.
Well yes, it is... the vigilantes don’t care about the paper. If someone tries to get paper going after the vigilantes, it is likely inexplicably lost, if the complainant isn’t also...
People will not put up with an utter anarchy.