Vigilantism Archives

ACSOL Conference to Feature Distinguished Speakers, Important Panels

·August 3, 2022
·15 Comments

The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) will conduct its annual conference on Saturday, October 1. The cost is just $25. The conference will be virtual on Zoom and…

National

How vigilante ‘predator catchers’ are infiltrating the criminal justice system

·October 10, 2022
·28 Comments

Source: washingtonpost.com 9/22/22 It began with a live-streamed shaming in an Olive Garden parking lot. It ended with an Indiana cop on trial for child solicitation. By Jessica Contrera DANVILLE,…

California

CA: Would-be child predator caught by YouTube channel

·January 19, 2022
·20 Comments

Source: LA Times 1/19/22 Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Wednesday, Jan. 19. I’m Justin Ray. Warning: This story discusses child abuse. An activist behind a…

International

UK: Man fined after sex offender warning daubed on pavement with mop

·October 5, 2021
·8 Comments

Source: northantslive.news 10/5/21 A Northampton man has been fined after painting a message outside a house he believed to belong to a sex offender. Jamie David Owens, of Darwin Walk,…

Commentary

Did You Know? The sex offender registry is government sponsored doxxing that encourages vigilantism! [Video]

·September 9, 2021
·8 Comments

Source: NARSOL on YouTube 9/8/21 In May of 2021, someone called the Wheatland, California police at 1 a.m. to say he had "just shot somebody dead." The killer brought a…

International

UK: Irvine Team Shades members charged for ‘disturbance’ of person convicted of a sexual offense

·June 2, 2021
·6 Comments

[irvinetimes.com - 6/2/21] Two members of an Irvine peadophile hunting group have now been charged after a person convicted of a sex offense was led away from a house by…

National

FL: Civilian sex stings aim at ‘street justice’

·June 1, 2021
·8 Comments

[yoursun.com - 6/1/21] For about as long as there have been children, ... ... Now some civilian groups are taking matters into their own hands. Sarasota resident Lee Bassett runs…

National

IL: ‘Predator hunter’ leader indicted after alleged sting operation to trap supposed sexual predators

·May 29, 2021
·27 Comments

[nbcnews.com - 5/28/21] An Illinois man who created a Facebook group known to track potential sexual predators was charged in connection with a sting operation that went awry in early…

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IN: These civilians hunt child predators. Expert warns they’re ‘playing with fire.’

·February 25, 2021
·6 Comments

[yahoo.com - 2/25/21] INDIANAPOLIS — The confrontation begins at a side door of Lebanon Senior High School. Viewers watched via Facebook Live as a woman approached the school, about 40…

International

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…

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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…

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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…