So, you agree with the President then?
Actually, I was shocked at the president's use of the word "vigilante". I looked up "vigilant" in the dictionary , and it means to be observant and watchful. While "vigilante", means to take the law into your own hands, especially when the government failes. Now, this in no way, permits "lynching", which is the removal of a person from police cusody, and the effecting punishment. Our court system, exists, to administer justice and effect punishment. BTW -- Hanging is separate from lynching.
Observing and reporting crimes, is the same as a Neighborhood Watch. A purse thief can be nabbed in the streets, by a crowd of bystanders, and pummeled with fists; or a local teen caught as a prowler, in my backyard, can trip over a sprinkler head, a few times, before the police arrive.