All articles tagged with #vigilante
A Queens homeowner, fed up with porch pirates stealing his packages, set up a trap with fake parcels and caught a suspected thief in the act. Security footage shows the homeowner confronting the thief with a baseball bat, leading to the arrest of the 36-year-old suspect. The decoy package contained old French fries and a threatening note.
Hannah Payne, a 24-year-old woman, has been found guilty of murder after chasing down an elderly man and shooting him dead following a minor car crash. Payne, who acted like a police officer, pursued Kenneth Herring, 62, in her vehicle, punched him through his window, and then shot him on a busy highway in Georgia. She was convicted of two counts of felony murder, possession of a weapon during a crime, malice murder, aggravated assault, and false imprisonment. Payne claimed self-defense, but the state presented evidence that she was the initial aggressor. She is set to be sentenced on Friday.
The NYPD is searching for a vigilante gunman who fired shots at a homeless man attempting to rob a woman in Times Square. The homeless man, identified as Matthew Roesch, has been charged with attempted robbery. The incident occurred at the Times Square subway station, and no injuries were reported. Surveillance images show the suspected gunman wearing distinctive clothing and carrying a backpack and tote bag. Roesch is known to the police as a "swiper," someone who swipes people through MetroCard turnstiles for tips. This incident comes after a law was passed in New York City prohibiting concealed carry in certain locations, including Times Square.
"The Equalizer 3" deviates from the typical food porn scenes found in films set in Italian seaside villages, instead focusing on graphic violence reminiscent of snuff films. Denzel Washington, who is overqualified for this type of exploitative grindhouse fare, plays the vigilante character Robert McCall, who dispatches his victims with relish. The film follows the tried-and-true formula of a vigilante seeking justice, but lacks suspense as McCall effortlessly takes down his adversaries. Despite some enjoyable moments and Washington's charisma, the excessive violence becomes exhausting, leaving little satisfaction beyond the carnage.
A mob of vigilantes in Haiti beat and burned 13 suspected gang members to death in the streets of Port-au-Prince. The men were pulled from police custody during a traffic stop and attacked with gasoline-soaked tires. Witnesses said the attack came as the purported gangsters were en route to back up their associates in a firefight with police. The brutal carnage highlights the growing anarchy in Port-au-Prince since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, which left a political vacuum in the island nation considered the poorest in the Western Hemisphere.
"How to Blow Up a Pipeline" is a new eco-heist thriller novel that explores the world of vigilante sabotage against pipelines. The book follows a group of activists who plan to blow up a pipeline in Germany, and the consequences that follow. The novel raises questions about the ethics of direct action and the impact of environmental activism.
"How to Blow Up a Pipeline," a film adaptation of Andreas Malm's book, follows a group of young activists who plot to take down an oil pipeline in West Texas. The film explores the idea that substantial reforms in modern history have rarely been propagated by pacifism. Director Daniel Goldhaber hopes the film adds vulnerability and complexity to their theoretical source material. The movie joins a growing list of films exploring the issue of climate change and how best to fight it.