Sentences with phrase «vigilantism as»

When institutions and systems fail, they look to vigilantism as a means to an end.

«I did not view it as a call to vigilantism as many are suggesting.

Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr. Awuku, however, cautioned against treating the increased vigilantism as an NPP matter, and asserted that «we must also treat it as a matter that cuts across the political divide and not limit it to just the NPP.»

Not exact matches

For the President of the Republic to publicly condemn the acts of these groups as criminals while addressing Parliament and recently in Kumasi in the presence of the Otumfuor, Asantehene and his call on the Police Service to act, attests to the seriousness of this cancer of political vigilantism in Ghana.

He also reiterated his call on the political parties to discourage the activities of thuggery and vigilantism, as the Police would not entertain them.

Ladies and gentlemen, I should not omit from this accounting the disgraceful behaviour of some members of my party, the NPP, which has been described as vigilantism.

«The minority in parliament condemns the attack in no uncertain terms as it is yet another manifestation of political vigilantism designed to intimidate, harass and silence vocal and outspoken members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The United States government has identified youth unemployment as the root cause of political vigilantism which is gaining notoriety across Ghana.

Former President John Dramani Mahama has observed that the increasing spate of political vigilantism and hooliganism in the country involving foot soldiers of the governing party is as a result of what the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has nurtured its supporters to become.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority in Parliament has condemned the attack on the residence of the Member of Parliament for the Asunafo South Constituency, Eric Opoku, as the latest act of political vigilantism.

The Minister admitted that, despite the efforts by the police in fighting crime, if vigilantism is not dealt with, it has the potential to negatively affect all the good policies of government such as the One District - One Factory policy.

Scam baiting is a form of Internet vigilantism, where the vigilante poses as a potential victim to the scammer in order to waste their time and resources, gather information that will be of use to authorities, and publicly expose the scammer.

But the compare - and - contrast is revealing in both directions: As a lesson in vigilantism, Cartel Land implies that once that Pandora's box is opened up, it's hard to close the lid.

Prior to 1906, Dutch van der Linde led his gang with an idealistic mentality, acting as a paternal figure to the members while viewing his acts as that of vigilantism.

Batman has to keep a balance between heroism and vigilantism to fight a vile criminal known as the Joker, who would plunge Gotham City into anarchy.

Even as they have doubts about the righteousness of their vigilantism, they're unaware that by forgiving each other, their quest is already successful.

The older man takes Peter aside and says he's aware of the teen's extracurricular activities; he needs an extra set of hands, preferably ones that have web - shooters, to help out in an ideological stand - off between regulated heroics and what some see as borderline vigilantism.

New to the scene are District Attorney Harvey Dent (a slick Aaron Eckhart), who Wayne wants to promote as a human alternative to his vigilantism (an interesting sideline on the need for humility and choice when picking a leader), and Maggie Gyllenhaal as a replacement for Katie Holmes's Rachel Dawes, but she barely gets a look - in.

It's as if Cap is a hypocrite who thinks vigilantism is OK as long as he's the vigilante — which would be a solid point if anyone in this movie raised it.

The first thing to say, though, is that while vigilantism is one of the most prominent themes in American culture and has been since the country's founding, it hasn't manifested itself much in the real world — and only then in demonstrably terrible ways, as in Ku Klux Klan lynchings.

From wannabe hero Dave Lizewski's (Aaron Johnson) first attempt at vigilantism resulting in his stabbed, battered body being carted into the Emergency Room, to a later scene when he shoots a guy in the face with a Taser gun «Hangover style», the tone is all over the place, and yet, ironically, as steady as a rock.

When Bayu begins posting videos of his deadly acts of vigilantism online as well, it sets off a strange rivalry between the two men.

The original Death Wish was an unexpected hit in 1974, which came with it a bit of controversy tied to it due to the amount of sexual violence in it, as well as its portrayal of vigilantism in a favorable light.

And while, as a general proposition, I do not condone vigilantism, my view of Marc is affected by the context of the murder.

The book it was based on, written by Brian Garfield and published in 1972, takes a different path — same liberal character whose wife and daughter are attacked, but his path to vigilantism results in a far more thoughtful examination of justice (and the movie's gleeful violence so upset Garfield that he wrote Death Sentence as penance).