Got news for you, Deputy Police Chief. Things are already "out of hand", and have been for some time.
Typical left-coast big-city cop BS-speak. He'll do anything except acknowledge the problem.
Unbelievable.
What a flaming a**hole. He should be thanking the owners for ridding the world of a scumbag.
agreed..I thought you were a vigilante if you meted out justice AFTER the crime was committed..so how can self-defense be an act of vigilantes??
I truly wonder what the LEO’s expect. Crime steadily rises and the more for violent crimes. Home invasions, armed robbery, aggravated assaults, gang violence, etc. all show that society is on the brink of collapse in certain sectors.
What amazes me is that there are not more instances of armed persons ‘cleaning’ their neighborhoods.
Oaktown Ping
“Oakland police are worried that more and more people will take the law into their own hands, after two store owners shot two robbers in recent days. People have a right to protect themselves, but things can get out of hand quickly if everyone starts packing a weapon, said Deputy Police Chief Dave Kozicki.”
Out of hand? If robbers know that store owners are packing, what’s the chance they’ll try and rob it?
Memo to self: when in Oakland simply shoot, shovel, and be silent.
That guy is a moron.
A vigilante is someone who is not a law-enforcement officer who takes it upon themselves to enforce the law. If these guys were walking up and down the street looking for law breakers and then shot someone they found sticking up a store, they’d be vigilantes. Shooting someone in self-defense when they came to you and tried to rob you is not vigilantism.
A vigilante is someone who is not a law-enforcement officer who takes it upon themselves to enforce the law. If these guys were walking up and down the street looking for law breakers and then shot someone they found sticking up a store, they’d be vigilantes. Shooting someone in self-defense when they came to you and tried to rob you is not vigilantism.
“An armed society is a polite society”
Author, Robert A. Heinlein
vig·i·lan·te
–noun 1. a member of a vigilance committee.
2. any person who takes the law into his or her own hands, as by avenging a crime.
–adjective 3. done violently and summarily, without recourse to lawful procedures: vigilante justice.
In what way does protecting your life and property have anything to do with the definition of vigilantism?
Oakland needs a new Deputy Chief.
Got news for you, Deputy Police Chief. Things are already "out of hand", and have been for some time.
Typical left-coast big-city cop BS-speak. He'll do anything except acknowledge the problem.
Oakland police need to be reminded that the law is already in the hands of the people. The people have deputized the police to enforce the law. If the police are unwilling or unable to do so, the people have every right to do it themselves or replace the police with someone who will enforce the law, starting with the nimrod who made this statement.
Seems these people who justifiably and successfully defended themselves should receive Citizen of the Year nominations.
Some Deputy Police Chief.
Yeah, life gets harder for the thugs and the police. The thugs because they get shot. The police because then they actuall have a crime and a criminal that can be prosecuted. That takes time.
Be good little victims while the cops and pols go through their hand-wringing rituals.