• Vigilantism in the United States of America is defined as acts which violate societal limits which are intended to defend and protect the prevailing distribution...
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    Offense: Vigilantism is a response to a perceived crime or violation of an authoritative norm Other scholars have defined "collective vigilantism" as "group...
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    The history of union busting in the United States dates back to the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century. The Industrial Revolution produced a rapid...
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  • Internet vigilantism is the act of carrying out vigilante activities through the Internet. The term encompasses vigilantism against alleged scams, crimes...
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    The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the United States are among the most advanced in the world, with public...
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  • Frontier justice (category Vigilantism in the United States)
    The phrase can also be used to describe a prejudiced judge. Lynching, vigilantism and gunfighting are considered forms of frontier justice. March 20 to...
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    Riding a rail (category Vigilantism in the United States)
    Riding the rail (also called being "run out of town on a rail") was a punishment most prevalent in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries in which...
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    Dads Against Predators (category Vigilantism in the United States)
    Jay Cameron Carnicom. The group was founded in 2020 and is based in the state of Ohio, although they have operated in several states. Its operations have...
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  • Vigilance committee (category Vigilantism in the United States)
    vigilantism include abolitionist committees who, beginning in the 1830s, worked to free enslaved people and aid fugitive slaves, in violation of the laws...
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    In the United States, capital punishment (also known as the death penalty) is a legal penalty in 27 states, throughout the country at the federal level...
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  • In the United States, censorship involves the suppression of speech or public communication and raises issues of freedom of speech, which is protected...
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  • 3-7-77 (category Vigilantism in the United States)
    a tent or cabin, it was a warning that the occupants could face vigilantism if they did not leave the area. In 1917, union organizer Frank Little was...
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  • In the United States, racial inequality refers to the social inequality and advantages and disparities that affect different races. These can also be...
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    Vigilantism in the United States of America "Ruby, Arizona – A Ghost Town Filled With Mining and Murder". Legends of America. p. 3. Archived from the...
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    Unemployment in the United States discusses the causes and measures of U.S. unemployment and strategies for reducing it. Job creation and unemployment...
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    In the United States, affirmative action consists of government-mandated, government-approved, and voluntary private programs granting special consideration...
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  • Ken McElroy (category Vigilantism in the United States)
    murderer who resided in Skidmore, Missouri, United States. He was known as "the town bully", and his unsolved killing became the focus of international...
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    to perform executions by hanging, especially in the United States. The term is also used colloquially in all English-speaking countries to refer to any...
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  • Perverted-Justice (category Vigilantism in the United States)
    agents of law enforcement, are not abiding by the policies. ... This is vigilantism. It's sensational vigilantism." Criminal defense attorney Angelyn Gates...
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    In the United States, abortion is a divisive issue in politics and culture wars, though a majority of Americans support access to abortion. Abortion laws...
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    methods, in the United States government. Corruption in the United States has been a perennial political issue, peaking in the Jacksonian era and the Gilded...
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    In the United States, freedom of speech and expression is strongly protected from government restrictions by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution...
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    The urbanization of the United States has progressed throughout its entire history. Over the last two centuries, the United States of America has been...
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    referenced in historic and contemporary popular culture, particularly in the United States. The use of tar and pitch in punishments appearing in such medieval...
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    The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed...
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  • The vast majority of passenger travel in the United States occurs by automobile for shorter distances and airplane or railroad for longer distances. Most...
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  • Whitecapping (category Vigilantism in the United States)
    Klux Klan The Night Riders Bald Knobbers Vigilantism in the United States of America McCormick, Chris and Green, Len, eds. Crime and Deviance in Canada:...
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    the United States House of Representatives, also known as floor leaders, are congresspeople who coordinate legislative initiatives and serve as the chief...
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    Obesity is common in the United States and is a major health issue associated with numerous diseases, specifically an increased risk of certain types of...
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    The Internet in the United States grew out of the ARPANET, a network sponsored by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense...
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