Vigilantism

Lynching is an extrajudicial killing by a group. It is most often used to characterize informal public executions by a mob in order to punish an alleged or convicted transgressor or to intimidate others. It can also be an extreme form of informal group social control, and it is often conducted with the display of a public spectacle (often in the form of a hanging) for maximum intimidation. Instances of lynchings and similar mob violence can be found in all societies.

court without judicial credibility

assassination campaign by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation carried out between 1920 and 1922

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thumb|Mai-Mai fighters surrendering their weapons to United Nations personnel in Northern Katanga, 2006. The term Mai-Mai or Mayi-Mayi refers to any kind of community-based militia group active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that is formed to defend local communities and territory against other armed groups. Most were formed to resist the invasion of Rwandan forces and Rwanda. Groups that fall under the umbrella term "Mai-Mai" include armed forces led by warlords, traditional tribal elders, village heads and politically motivated resistance fighters. Because Mai Mai have only th

form of public torture and humiliation

Vigilantism () is an act commonly summarized as "taking the law into one's own hands" which, according to Merriam Webster, means "to try to punish someone for breaking a law even though one does not have the right to do that." A vigilante is a person who practices or partakes in vigilantism.

form of public humiliation and torture used by the Chinese Communist Party in the Mao era

Necklacing is a method of extrajudicial summary execution and torture carried out by forcing a rubber tyre drenched with petrol around a victim's chest and arms, and setting it on fire. The term "necklace" originated in the mid-to-late 1980s, in the black townships of apartheid-era South Africa, where suspected apartheid collaborators were publicly executed in this fashion by uMkhonto weSizwe (MK).

The concept of a private citizen being able to make a formal arrest

Russian general (1886-1929)

vigilante activities carried out through the Internet

group formed by private citizens to administer law and order where they considered governmental structures to be inadequate

group of humans

mob attacks in the name of "cow protection"

Ukrainian general (1892–1926)

Kneecapping is a form of malicious wounding, in which the victim is injured in the knee, often as torture. The injury is typically inflicted by a low-velocity gunshot to the back of the knee (popliteal fossa) with a handgun. The term is considered a misnomer by medical professionals, because only a very small minority of victims suffer damage to the kneecap. A review of eighty kneecapping victims found that only two had a fractured kneecap. Some victims have their elbows and ankles shot as well.

violence committed against individuals and organizations that provide abortion

1927 French murder trial

anti-LGBT hate group

East London Vigilantes

last instance of death sentence in Italy