They can now legitimately be called a lynch mob. And they should be called a lynch mob, at every opportunity, because if the public accepts them as such, many prosecutors will immediately be reminded of the many anti-Ku Klux Klan laws that are still on the books.
Importantly, while those laws were written with the KKK in mind, they did not specifically name the KKK, but are written in general terms, specifically against lynch mobs.
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