Popular Wired magazine says Ring cameras
turn owners into vigilantes
Posted By: DVC, 7/11/2023 4:46:37 PM
Vigilantism occurs when mobs bypass the legal system to murder someone accused, but not convicted, of a crime. However, according to Wired, the venerable technology magazine, when homeowners work with law enforcement to turn over Ring footage of criminals on their (or their neighbors’) property, they are engaging in vigilantism…and are probably racists, too. Aside from being a witless perversion of language, it reveals the anti-black racism at work in leftist circles. According to Dictionary.com, a core element of being a vigilante is to act outside of the law: noun 1. a member of a vigilance committee.
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Vigilantism occurs when mobs bypass the legal system to murder someone accused, but not convicted, of a crime. However, according to Wired, the venerable technology magazine, when homeowners work with law enforcement to turn over Ring footage of criminals on their (or their neighbors’) property, they are engaging in vigilantism…and are probably racists, too. Aside from being a witless perversion of language, it reveals the anti-black racism at work in leftist circles.
According to Dictionary.com, a core element of being a vigilante is to act outside of the law:
noun
1. a member of a vigilance committee.
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I’m not a huge fan of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch because it was he who issued the staggeringly incorrect decision holding that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 extends to “gender identity.” However, when it comes to Free Speech, Gorsuch nailed it. In 303 Creative, his decision lucidly explains
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Houten released from California prison,
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A good article. Wired is leftist and racist, and vigilantism has nothing whatsoever to do with Ring doorbells and giving evidence to the police.
The author, uncharacteristically, shows "TV ignorance" of Vigilance Committees history - only thinking they are what was shown in TV shows. Look up the history of their use twice at a grand scale in San Francisco. They were a close approximation of a court and a trial, and cleared out massive corruption.