Vigilantism – ACSOL

Ireland: Cork neighbourhood targeted by leaflet campaign accusing man of being sex offender

·September 5, 2020
·6 Comments

[corkbeo.ie - 9/4/20] A community on the northside of Cork city were targeted overnight by a vigilante leafleting campaign in which a man was accused of being a sex offender.…

International

Ireland: Vigilantes suspected as child porn man’s car torched in attack

·August 17, 2020
·3 Comments

[herald.ie - 8/15/20] Gardaí are closely monitoring the situation after a 59-year-old convicted child porn offender was targeted by vigilantes twice within the space of a week. It is understood…

Commentary

Kat’s Blog: A Mother’s Plea, Not So Different Than Ours

·August 13, 2020
·8 Comments

A recent, tragic shooting in New Jersey, a Federal Judge’s son killed on the family’s doorstep, her husband hospitalized with multiple gunshots. The Judge believes she was the shooter’s targeted…

National

Sex offender loses COVID-19 contract at VA hospital after USA TODAY asks questions

·August 11, 2020
·39 Comments

[usatoday.com - 8/11/20] Ezekiel Lopez is a registered child sexual predator in Illinois who spent more than three years in prison for sexually abusing two teenage girls under his care. The…

International

UK: Vigilantes ‘set fire to home where paedophile lived’

·May 21, 2020
·6 Comments

[metro.co.uk - 5/20/20] A police search has been sparked after vigilantes in Liverpool reportedly torched a house days after a convicted paedophile was removed for his own safety. The sex…

Commentary

Kat’s Blog: Will Pennsylvania Ruling Begin the Domino Effect We Need?

·December 13, 2019
·22 Comments

Pennsylvania’s “Sex Offender” Registry is headed for what some are calling a life-or-death battle in the PA Supreme Court. The registry, in existence for nearly a quarter of a century,…

National

‘The Dr Phil Show’ uncovers new form of vigilantism by ‘pedophile hunters’ who ‘honeytrap’ child molesters and publicly shame them

·December 12, 2019
·11 Comments

[meaww.com - 12/11/19] Wednesday’s episode of ‘The Dr. Phil Show’ featured a unique phenomenon. Vigilante “pedophile-hunters” are a thing. Dr. Phil described it as a “controversial form of vigilantism that…

National

NY: Church pulls plug on sex offender’s wedding

·October 26, 2019
·5 Comments

[poststar.com - 10/22/19] ...when word got out on social media in recent days that ______ was planning to get married days after his sentencing, and the invitation that was posted…

National

LA: Teen beat up a stranger he recognized as a sex offender, now faces hate crime count, NOPD says

·October 25, 2019
·21 Comments

A 17-year-old boy who realized he was at the same convenience store as a man whose picture had appeared on a mailed sex-offender notice followed the man away from the…

National

[Updated 7/9/19] Facebook updates standards to allow death threats against alleged sexual offenders

·July 10, 2019
·22 Comments

[Updated by ACSOL 7/9/19] Earlier today it was reported by the Washington Examiner newspaper that Facebook had revised its posting policies to allow individuals to post threats of harm to…

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Janice’s Journal: Today is A Day to Remember

·May 27, 2019
·17 Comments

Today is Memorial Day. A day to remember those who paid the “ultimate price” as members of the U.S. Armed Forces. As a U. S. Navy veteran, I salute those…

General News

Kat’s Blog: Vigilantism Against Registrants: What More Proof Do They Need?

·March 16, 2019
·25 Comments

I hate writing blog pieces like this, they’re depressing, scary and hit too close to home. But pieces like this are important for all of us to read. Pieces like…

National

RI: Concrete thrown at Rhode Island sex offender’s home

·February 21, 2019
·5 Comments

Police say someone threw a piece of concrete through the window of a registered sex offender’s home in Providence, Rhode Island. The vandalism occurred at the home of Richard Gardner at…

National

WA: Sex offender records request raises safety, First Amendment questions

·December 16, 2018
·27 Comments

Attorneys fighting a request to release the names of all level 1 sex offenders in Cowlitz County are making a novel — and perhaps long-shot — legal argument to the…

International

Ireland: Gunman shoots at wrong house in Dublin ‘after thinking sex offender lived there’

·October 17, 2018
·4 Comments

[thejournal.ie - 10/14/18] AN INNOCENT FAMILY was lucky to escape injury after a number of shots were fired into their house in Dublin by a shooter who gardaí believe was…

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Janice’s Journal: How Many Dead Registrants is Enough?

·October 11, 2018
·28 Comments

Today a registrant in Orange County, California, is dead. He may have died at the hands of another or he may have taken his own life. This brings the total…

National

WA: Several more injunctions hit sex offender request

·September 19, 2018
·10 Comments

Curtis Hart is scheduled to receive the names of most of Cowlitz County’s 570 level 1 sex offenders Wednesday, but a few names likely will be withheld. One offender was…

National

AZ: Conspiracy theories inspire vigilante justice in Tucson

·September 14, 2018
·7 Comments

[hcn.org - 9/12/18] How one man’s imagined discovery of a sex-trafficking camp in the Sonoran Desert gained life online — and in the real world. On May 31, a strange…