Sentences with phrase «citizen vigilante»

The phrase "citizen vigilante" refers to an ordinary person who takes it upon themselves to enforce the law or seek justice, acting outside the official legal system. They do this because they feel the system may be ineffective or they strongly believe in the cause. Full definition
My father sent me this article featuring the Autodefensas, citizen vigilantes who were rising up against the Knights Templar cartel in Mexico, and right away this bell went off and I thought, Wow this could be this amazing parallel story.
Dr Ayine told Accra - based Class FM that very soon Ghanaians will know whether Martin Amidu is a true citizen vigilante or not.
He has the NAME, MORAL AUTHORITY AND CREDIBILITY as CITIZEN VIGILANTE and I believe he would work to protect not only our money, but also his own name.
The film was initially inspired by an article Heineman read about an American vigilante group in Arizona that militantly patrols the border with Mexico, which its members believe is far too penetrable, but as he prepared to investigate this story, he encountered another article — this one about the massive power of the Mexican drug cartel Knights Templar, and a local citizens vigilante group calling itself Autodefensas.
We meet the Autodefensas, a proactive citizen vigilante squad committed to purging the country — city by city — from the control of cartels.
But the citizen vigilante who has been a critic of the former President said he has no doubt that Mahama's cynical advice to Mr. Odinga was informed by past decisions of the Kenyan Supreme Court.
Mr. Amidu also known as the «citizen vigilante» has been a thorn in the flesh of his own NDC party as he has consistently attacked members of the party including former President John Mahama on several occasions.
In the past 48 - 72hours the NDC party has witnessed very fierce exchanges from across the rank and file of the party from founder to lawyers, through «citizen vigilantes» down to loyalists and opportunists, etc..
Mr. Rawlings said this was in contrast to Mr. Amidu's own National Democratic Congress which only demonized the man nicknamed the citizen vigilante.
Or have you suddenly lost your citizen vigilante oil in your blood?
There would be serious autonomy challenges but CITIZEN VIGILANTE, do your best for mother Ghana under the circumstance.
Much of the documentary Cartel Land, an immersion into the Mexican drug traffickers and citizen vigilantes, is hair - raisingly intense.
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