Vigilantes? Law enforcers?

Ohaider B)
For our second task, we were asked to think about the law enforcement. Are they doing their job and are they doing it right? Hmm, I think it might be more of a 50/50 thing. Since it might be unjust to say that ALL law enforcers don't do their job right. In this country we live in, bribery happens frequently, then again, i'm sure it's pretty much the same everywhere else. I believe there are law enforcers out there that do do their job right, believing in equality and justice. On the other hand, it might be rare to find people like that in a world just seething with unjust and people who buy their way through everything. I mean, thats where the phrase "money makes the world go round" come from, right?

image credits to google

On to the next topic! Why do we need vigilantes? In the first place, do we need vigilantes? I guess it usually depends on the location and the situation of a certain problem, and how it is handled by the authorities. Because, if it isn't handled, or even bothered with, what's the point of having these figures people put their trust, hope and tax towards? Sure, civilians would get impatient, frustrated even, if all their complaints are treated like lizards on the wall- you just ignore it. In some cases, vigilantes are helpful, they try to help the public and don't expect any recognition or acknowledgement, they're satisfied in believing they have served for a greater cause- justice. Like this post i found through google, thousands of people try their best to try and clean up their towns because they are unsatisfied with the way things are going in the council about their complaints- nowhere. But then again, are vigilantes really that helpful? What if they wanted to inflict 'justice' upon some wrongdoer, but made a mistake? As I've found out in wiki, apparently:
In a number of cases, vigilantism has involved mistaken identity.

• In Britain in the early 2000s, there were reports of vandalism, assaults and verbal abuse towards people wrongly accused of being pedophiles, following the murder of Sarah Payne.
• In Guyana in 2008, Hardel Haynes was beaten to death by a mob who mistook him for a thief.
• In Philadelphia in 2009, Michael Zenquis was severely assaulted by a group of locals who mistook him for a rapist on the loose.

That's why having vigilantes does have its pros and cons, i mean, if it involved death, are they really allowed to just end another person's life? It hardly seems fair. Then again, if it was an actual wrongdoer who escaped the law, the victims wouldn't feel the same way now would they? So in a way, vigilantes are more justified, depending on whose point of view you are looking at, if they were compared with law enforcers incapable of performing their jobs well.

Well, das all for nao. :O
Till next post. Baiiiiiiiii~