Vigilante (vĭj‘ə-lăn‘tē) (plural vigilantes) Noun 1. One who takes the law into one’s own hands A vigilante is a person who ignores due process of law and enacts his own form of justice when he deems the response of the authorities t
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Vigilante (vĭj‘ə-lăn‘tē) (plural vigilantes) Noun
1. One who takes the law into one’s own hands
A vigilante is a person who ignores due process of
law and enacts his own form of justice when he deems the response of
the authorities to be insufficient.
In US history, originally a member of a ‘vigilance committee’, a
self-appointed group to maintain public order in the absence of
organized authority, especially in Western frontier communities. Early
vigilante groups included the ‘Regulators’ in South Carolina in the
1760s and in Pennsylvania 1794 during the Whiskey Rebellion. Many more
appeared in the 19th century in frontier town. Check out the rest of the story and photos in the blog HERE
