It’s really bad when we come to the point of injustice and abuse that people might consider vigilantism the only way to deal with shysters.
But in the past when liberals refused to take violent criminals off the streets we had to do a lot of jury nullification when citizens began taking them out.
It started (in a high profile way) with a white guy named Bernie Getz who was frequently robbed by wildin’ black teens on the NY city subway. He ended up shooting them on the train when they moved to rob him next time. He was named a white racist for killing and maiming black “children” and prosecuted. But the jury would not convict him. All over the country, juries would not convict if they smelled a whiff of self defense.
So politicans had the choice of race riots/conflicts or putting black wilders (gangs) in jail when they committed crimes. Seems we have arrived full circle with the Travon Martin case. Hopefully, the jury won’t be rigged.
Bernie had been mugged once previously, and was (understandably) outraged that he spent more time at the police station than the perp he assisted an off-duty cop in arresting.
He ended up shooting them on the train when they moved to rob him next time.
This sort of implies that he was familiar with the particular perps. He wasn't, though doubtless familiar with the type.
He was named a white racist for killing and maiming black “children” and prosecuted.
Nobody died, but one of the perps wound up paralyzed.
But the jury would not convict him.
They convicted him of illegal possession of a firearm and he served eight months. He also lost a civil suit, in which the jury awarded $43M.