Jesus wept. Fuck Gary Glitter but folk cannae be taking the law into their own hands.
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You rarely hear of vigilantes being punished. If there were widespread stories of significant custodial sentences for vigilantism of this ilk it might not be so unsurprising when it happens
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When organising the vigilante group the leader asked his friends “do you wanna be in my gang?”
I’m a few mins away from where he is, hes in short walking distance of 6/7 schools and colleges.
I understand their fear, but they should really be taking this up with the shit Tory MP’s they keep voting in this area
One shook a fence and tried to climb a fence. Others shouted. It’s hardly the work of the punisher let’s be honest.
Plus he’s a convicted multiple times nonce who failed to fully engage with the treatment he was given. He shouldn’t be free. I know justice is supposed to be blind but it also seems to be fucking toothless.
People are assuming he’s a free man. He’s on bail with very strict conditions. If he even breathes near a school or breaks a condition, however lightly, he’ll be locked up again – assuming he even steps foot outside.
It’s worrying so few people know this. None so far in this post it seems .
Yes it’s wrong he’s out so soon, but he isn’t really free like many gutter rag papers and media outlets seem to suggest.
Also, vigilantes are not covering the gaps in justice the police cannot cover. Nothing is more concerning than a vigilante with a taste for uncontrolled justice acting as a judge, executioner and the jury. I’d be more worried about them than Glitter as goodness knows what they may do – set fire to the hostel, injure innocent people, damage private property? Vigilantes have done this and worse.
If they really cared and not for a fleeting moment of gratification, they would focus their energy on positive change that benefits everyone for the future.
This is bound to happen. It can’t be condoned, but it also not shocking.
This is very much a protest that’s swallowed a bomb, and given the detonator to a monkey.
I wonder what they would do if they got hold of him? (or somebody they believed to be him)
Really when you rape a bunch of kids, then life without parole is beneficial for your safety as well as for that of the general public. It does not surprise me that people want to stab Gary Glitter. Dumb to put your own freedom in peril for it, but maybe if you were awaiting sentence for manslaughter aged 60 when you stabbed the nonce then it wouldn’t be much of a trade-off
“Oh no, not the Leader”.
Does anyone else remember that show they did where the core premise was “Is it okay to hang Gary Glitter?”
I didn’t watch it myself, but I do remember it being advertised.
And people wonder why Jon Venebels is getting so much investment in new identities every time he blows his cover (even though he doesn’t deserve them).
It’s wild remembering when the news broke all about 1 PC World technician decided not to heed the customer request of “Don’t look on the hard drive”
This accomplishes nothing though as much as a scumbag as he is.
Imagine having the spare time to be a vigilante or a protestor. I was asked by Greenpeace to come to something on a Tuesday morning recently. I said that I support them but I will be at work.
Why can’t we have vigilantes doing something about the big injustices in our society, not just going after individual celebrity criminals that, in the grand scheme of society, won’t make a bit of difference if they’re alive or not?
Clickbait title… someone shook a fence. Almost as if the media are hoping anger will be stoked up and an actual ‘storming’ of the hostel happens so they’ve got a proper story
There has always seemed to me to be a touch of ‘the lady doth protest too much’ to these vigilante gangs.
The emotional intelligence of some people is pathetic
“Glitter reportedly failed to engage fully with treatment programmes for sex offenders while in prison and was considered to still be a risk to children.
He was freed automatically halfway through a fixed-term determinate sentence.”
I don’t think any criminal should be released early if they are still deemed a threat to anyone in society, especially children.
Tonight, one man kebabbed. Thousands scarred forever by a shared blood ritual. And yet, an astonishing sense of community here now, a positive atmosphere, a sense of a job well done, a shared sense of relief
So it’s no shock that violent bastards look for victims no one cares about
If these scumbags give a crap about glitters victims, i’m sooty the bear
From what I can see in this thread a lot of people are confusing justice with vengeance.
This country theoretically believes in the rehabilitation of offenders but people see someone that they don’t think has suffered enough and they get angry. They don’t want justice. They want gratification.
Vigilantism isn’t the right answer and we shouldn’t be encouraging mob rule. The mere accusation of being a kiddy fiddler can ruin lives in many ways. An Iranian guy in my town [was murdered a few years ago by a mob](https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/murdered-mob-bijan-ebrahimis-tragic-24142833) that accused him of being a nonce, all because he took photos of children vandalising his property as evidence to back up his antisocial behaviour complaints. The case made national headlines both due to the brutality of his murder and the failings of the Avon & Somerset Police.
On the other hand, our police forces are heavily underfunded and we *really* don’t do enough as a nation to punish sex offenders, especially those who prey on children. It is very rare that we see the justice system make an example of somebody like Gary Glitter or Ian Watkins.
I’m reminded of the brass eye episode with the angry mob outside the prison…
“We had to throw them a dummy full of guts to placate them, it only lasted seconds…”
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Jesus wept. Fuck Gary Glitter but folk cannae be taking the law into their own hands.
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You rarely hear of vigilantes being punished. If there were widespread stories of significant custodial sentences for vigilantism of this ilk it might not be so unsurprising when it happens
[removed]
When organising the vigilante group the leader asked his friends “do you wanna be in my gang?”
I’m a few mins away from where he is, hes in short walking distance of 6/7 schools and colleges.
I understand their fear, but they should really be taking this up with the shit Tory MP’s they keep voting in this area
One shook a fence and tried to climb a fence. Others shouted. It’s hardly the work of the punisher let’s be honest.
Plus he’s a convicted multiple times nonce who failed to fully engage with the treatment he was given. He shouldn’t be free. I know justice is supposed to be blind but it also seems to be fucking toothless.
People are assuming he’s a free man. He’s on bail with very strict conditions. If he even breathes near a school or breaks a condition, however lightly, he’ll be locked up again – assuming he even steps foot outside.
It’s worrying so few people know this. None so far in this post it seems .
Yes it’s wrong he’s out so soon, but he isn’t really free like many gutter rag papers and media outlets seem to suggest.
Also, vigilantes are not covering the gaps in justice the police cannot cover. Nothing is more concerning than a vigilante with a taste for uncontrolled justice acting as a judge, executioner and the jury. I’d be more worried about them than Glitter as goodness knows what they may do – set fire to the hostel, injure innocent people, damage private property? Vigilantes have done this and worse.
If they really cared and not for a fleeting moment of gratification, they would focus their energy on positive change that benefits everyone for the future.
This is bound to happen. It can’t be condoned, but it also not shocking.
This is very much a protest that’s swallowed a bomb, and given the detonator to a monkey.
I wonder what they would do if they got hold of him? (or somebody they believed to be him)
Really when you rape a bunch of kids, then life without parole is beneficial for your safety as well as for that of the general public. It does not surprise me that people want to stab Gary Glitter. Dumb to put your own freedom in peril for it, but maybe if you were awaiting sentence for manslaughter aged 60 when you stabbed the nonce then it wouldn’t be much of a trade-off
“Oh no, not the Leader”.
Does anyone else remember that show they did where the core premise was “Is it okay to hang Gary Glitter?”
I didn’t watch it myself, but I do remember it being advertised.
And people wonder why Jon Venebels is getting so much investment in new identities every time he blows his cover (even though he doesn’t deserve them).
It’s wild remembering when the news broke all about 1 PC World technician decided not to heed the customer request of “Don’t look on the hard drive”
This accomplishes nothing though as much as a scumbag as he is.
Imagine having the spare time to be a vigilante or a protestor. I was asked by Greenpeace to come to something on a Tuesday morning recently. I said that I support them but I will be at work.
Why can’t we have vigilantes doing something about the big injustices in our society, not just going after individual celebrity criminals that, in the grand scheme of society, won’t make a bit of difference if they’re alive or not?
Clickbait title… someone shook a fence. Almost as if the media are hoping anger will be stoked up and an actual ‘storming’ of the hostel happens so they’ve got a proper story
There has always seemed to me to be a touch of ‘the lady doth protest too much’ to these vigilante gangs.
The emotional intelligence of some people is pathetic
“Glitter reportedly failed to engage fully with treatment programmes for sex offenders while in prison and was considered to still be a risk to children.
He was freed automatically halfway through a fixed-term determinate sentence.”
I don’t think any criminal should be released early if they are still deemed a threat to anyone in society, especially children.
Tonight, one man kebabbed. Thousands scarred forever by a shared blood ritual. And yet, an astonishing sense of community here now, a positive atmosphere, a sense of a job well done, a shared sense of relief
So it’s no shock that violent bastards look for victims no one cares about
If these scumbags give a crap about glitters victims, i’m sooty the bear
From what I can see in this thread a lot of people are confusing justice with vengeance.
This country theoretically believes in the rehabilitation of offenders but people see someone that they don’t think has suffered enough and they get angry. They don’t want justice. They want gratification.
Vigilantism isn’t the right answer and we shouldn’t be encouraging mob rule. The mere accusation of being a kiddy fiddler can ruin lives in many ways. An Iranian guy in my town [was murdered a few years ago by a mob](https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/murdered-mob-bijan-ebrahimis-tragic-24142833) that accused him of being a nonce, all because he took photos of children vandalising his property as evidence to back up his antisocial behaviour complaints. The case made national headlines both due to the brutality of his murder and the failings of the Avon & Somerset Police.
On the other hand, our police forces are heavily underfunded and we *really* don’t do enough as a nation to punish sex offenders, especially those who prey on children. It is very rare that we see the justice system make an example of somebody like Gary Glitter or Ian Watkins.
I’m reminded of the brass eye episode with the angry mob outside the prison…
“We had to throw them a dummy full of guts to placate them, it only lasted seconds…”