Sentences with word «vigilante»

A vigilante is a person who takes the law into their own hands and seeks justice or takes action outside of the legal system, typically to punish wrongdoers or protect a community. Full definition
On January 15, 2017, 350 firearms, including several AK 47 rifles were surrendered by repentant cattle rustlers and members of vigilante groups in katsina State at a ceremony in Kankara in the Kankara Local Government Area of the state.
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Unflinching and compelling, this gutsy documentary blames governmental failure for the rise of vigilante groups who are taking on drug cartels either side of the Mexican border.
Batman continues to act as a force of vigilante justice in Gotham City, but his presence causes a number of copy - cat «crime - fighters» to complicate the situation.
Sideshow has released a batch of promotional images for Prime 1 Studio's Nightwing (Red Version) statue based the appearance of Dick Grayson's masked vigilante in Batman: Arkham Knight.
Streets of Rage involves a group of vigilantes who want to take back the streets from crime that has gone so far as to corrupt even the local police.
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In another development, troops of operation Lafiya Dole in a joint operation with Vigilantes on Monday evening busted a raid operation by elements of the Boko Haram terrorists rummaging for food and logistics at Kudiye community, along Dikwa — Gulumbagana Road.
She had previously indicated that she'd wait for Bruce to move past his fixation with vigilante justice, but with Dent on the scene, that window looks to close soon.
I like the Lone Ranger story, a Texas Ranger is presumed dead after being ambushed by some nogoodnicks but was saved by Tonto who owed him a life debt and the two carry out masked vigilante justice in the Old West.
Former Member of Parliament for North Dayi, George Loh, has condemned what he describes as the increasing spate of lawless acts by vigilante groups affiliated to the New Patriotic Party (NPP), saying such acts were minimal and not extreme as is happening currently.
Starring Elizabeth Bennet and Taylor Dearden, «Sweet / Vicious» follows one of these victims, Jules Thomas (Bennett), and her fellow classmate Ophelia Mayer (Dearden) as they become vigilantes of sorts to try to bring -LSB-...]
They included complaints about the post's racial overtones, his call for vigilante justice, his seeming disregard for legal due process and his potential tainting of a jury pool.
It's about vigilantes on both sides of the line, men who have taken the law into their own hands to fight the drug gangs because, as they see it, there is no other law in sight.
The Citizen Vigilante as he is popularly referred has often been seen as an uncaring person because he writes his mind and also believes that unscrupulous people must be prosecuted.
That said, I did enjoy learning more about an Abstergo CCO and his interaction with a familiar assassin - like vigilante from Chicago.
Zaror, who made a memorable but all too brief appearance in last year's Machete Kills, stars in this Chilean - set tale of a hit - man turned vigilante who takes the law into his own hands in hopes of atoning for his previous sins.
Mr. Robot [Season 1]: follows Elliot — a Cyber Security engineer by day / social vigilante hacker by night — as he's recruited by a shady anarchist called «Mr Robot».
Senator representing Kogi West at the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, has accused the Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello to have allegedly recruited young men and women as local vigilante group in the state.
Richard Nixon is in his third term as president thanks to a nifty alteration to the constitution, and America has a proud tradition of masked vigilante heroes who emerged to fight crime in the 1930s.
There's reason to be concerned about bond vigilantes, who are no longer under «lock and key» and are free to push yields higher, Ed Yardeni told CNBC.
Interwoven in Dave's tale is the story of a more seasoned duo of vigilantes known as Big Daddy (Cage, Knowing) and Hit Girl (Moretz, The Eye), who look and act like an extremely deadly version of Batman and Robin if they were armed to the teeth and absolutely ruthless.
Is he advocating vigilante action by the «good» men?
«But we call once again on all political parties to disown and disband all so - called vigilante groups which should simply have no place in a 21st Century democracy.
In Hunter, former Reader's Digest staff writer Robert James Bidinotto makes the transition from non-fiction to fiction look seamless, delivering one of the best vigilante thrillers since Clancy's Without Remorse....
Those looking for something they haven't seen before in any of the previous dozen costumed vigilante films will not find much worth recommending here.
Fear of unprovoked attacks from political vigilante group of the ruling government.
Four gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko terrorist, on Tuesday, shot dead six members of vigilante youths known as civilian JTF in Damasak, Mobar...
Fusion recently sat down with U.S. filmmaker Matthew Heineman to talk about his Oscar nomination for his critically acclaimed documentary «Cartel Land», which gives a chilling look at vigilante movements on both sides of the Mexico border.
While we have the privilege of celebrating diversity on the fashion runway, let us not forget the people who are facing extreme brutality today in Russia, where LGBT teens have been ambushed by vigilante mobs and humiliated; Uganda, which has some of the harshest anti-gay laws in the whole of Africa; and Nigeria, the most homophobic place on earth, according to the Pew Research Center, where gay people are stoned to death; as well as countries like Afghanistan, Turkey and Iran, to name a few.
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.
One neighbour, hysterically played by Elijah Wood, proves to be one of the good ones and together they take on the Babylon in an incredibly entertaining attempt at vigilante justice.
The Philippine Independence Day celebration set for June 12 comes as the country pushes for a free - trade agreement with the U.S. and amid international criticism of President Rodrigo Duterte for encouraging vigilante killings of drug suspects.
He proceeds to chew them out for behaving like vigilantes with unchecked power, before suggesting they agree to be supervised in the future by a United Nations panel.
Cartel Land paints a parallel portrait of vigilantes policing two different fronts of the drug war.
This was in recognition of the danger that political party vigilante groups pose to the country's electoral politics and democratic development.
Harry Brown (R for sexuality, drug use, pervasive profanity and graphic violence) Revenge flick about a recently - widowed, law - abiding senior citizen (Michael Caine) who morphs into a crime - fighting vigilante after the street gang that murdered his best friend (David Bradley) gets off with a slap on the wrist.
Extraction (R for violence, sexuality, brief nudity and pervasive profanity) Revenge thriller about a geeky government bureaucrat (Kellan Lutz) who goes vigilante when his CIA agent father (Bruce Willis) is kidnapped by terrorists.
The Girl from the Naked Eye Film Review by Kam Williams Gambler Goes Vigilante after Girlfriend's Murder in Grisly Revenge Flick Jake (Jason Yee) is a guy who let his gambling debts spiral out of control.
Their peculiar bookends — given by tertiary characters with a direct hand in «polluting the populace» — provide an extra shade of depth to a documentary at first intent on chronicling the horrors perpetrated on the Mexican people in the name of the cartels that is then mixed up — like acetone, sulfuric acid and antifreeze — with the morally gray mater of self - righteous vigilantes taking up arms to protect their gente.
CONCLUSION: Lila & Eve is an attempted female vigilante film with strong leading actresses, but has identity issues.
It's a first - person Batman spin - off that puts players in the middle of a gang war between vigilantes supporting Batman, and criminals backing The Joker.
«Otherwise, we're talking about vigilante crime - fighting.
The movie delivers an unprecedented view into the lives of two modern - day vigilante leaders who have taken up arms against the murderous Mexican drug cartels on separate sides of the Mexico and U.S. border.
Jerry Bruckheimer's dusty attempt to reboot the classic vigilante story suffers from a bloated and schizophrenic script, racism, lame attempts at humor, excessive violence, gratuitous vomiting — and that's just in the first hour.
Best known to audiences as the violent vigilante Rorschach in Zack Snyder's Watchmen film, the actor spoke to Screen Rant at the convention about the role he plays in the adaptation, and how different and surreal the shoot was when compared to a typical production:
He is a mysterious vigilante from Earth who travels to Mars on a secret mission with Arrow, his noble steed who also happens to be a fully stocked armory on four legs.
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