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Khabardar Shahri (rough Hindi translation of "vigilante"), one of the most famous vimal series of novels by Surender Mohan Pathak in which the hero, a serious offender on brink of reform takes up arms once again to punish five rapists one of whom is nephew of the kingpin of the local crime syndicate which results in a new gang war and the ...
Comfort Ero, "Vigilantes, Civil Defense Forces and Militia Groups: The other side of the privatization of security in Africa," Conflict Trends (June 2000): 25–29. Culberson, William C. Vigilantism: Political history of private power in America (Greenwood, 1990). Faris, Stephen. "Nigeria's Vigilante Justice," Mother Jones (April 25, 2002) online
There emerged the only major vigilante movement in colonial America. The term "vigilante" was not yet in use, and the acitivists called themselves "regulators." The poor farmers bitterly resented the overpaid corrupt local officials appointed by a distant elite, By 1768 the decentralized movement was highly popular in the backcountry.
In the summer of 1880, local citizens formed a vigilante group and drove Brown out of the state, with his ultimate fate left unclear. [24] 1881 Michael O'Rourke: 19–20 United States: O'Rourke, an American fugitive and gambler from Arizona who was imprisoned, later escaped from jail on 18 April 1881. [25] 1885 Mysterious Dave Mather: 34 United ...
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In modern terms, a vigilante is anyone who takes the law into their own hands. Vigilantes often operate in secret. Vigilantes often operate in secret. The term vigilante stems from the name " Vigiles Urbani " given to the nightwatchmen of Ancient Rome, who were tasked with fighting fires and keeping a lookout for runaway slaves and burglars.
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The Bald Knobbers of Southwest Missouri, 1885-1889: A Study of Vigilante Justice in the Ozarks (PhD dissertation Louisiana Tech University, 2011) online Hernando, Matthew J. Faces Like Devils: The Bald Knobber Vigilantes in the Ozarks (University of Missouri Press, 2015) xiv, 313 pp.