Inside the growing vigilante movement to knock out Flock surveillance cameras

An underground network of privacy activists is disabling or destroying the ubiquitous surveillance devices sprouting up across the US…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/25/flock-surveillance-cameras

 

Martin Sheen sounds the alarm on voter suppression from ‘MAGA vigilantes’

"The fact that they are attacking newly registered voters — young people, people of color and immigrants, or people with foreign-sounding names — it's very egregious, it's racist and it's going to have a powerful effect on the outcome of the election," the actor said. 

"Our purpose in making this film is to make sure that the voters — not the vigilantes — pick our next president," Palast said. 

"That's the entire point. I'm not being partisan. I'm not trying to elect Kamala Harris. I'm trying to let the voters make that decision, not the vigilantes. And so we're exposing them and helping people to save their votes," the filmmaker and author added...

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4909256-martin-sheen-voter-suppression-maga-vigilantes-the-west-wing-trump-vance-springfield-ohio/

Police let violent mobs attack UCLA students. This is what lawlessness looks like | Judith Levine | The Guardian

Who were these UCLA counter-protesters? Tsives said they looked to be in their late 20s and claimed that they were locals who had "had enough" of antisemitism. Another witness, Sean Beckner-Carmitchel, a videographer who has covered political actions around Los Angeles, knew them better. "I saw people that I've seen at Trump rallies," he told Al Jazeera. "I've seen them at anti-LGBTQ protests." Unlike the pro-Israel students who gather during the day, these guys were not wearing yarmulkes or carrying blue-and-white flags. They were chanting "USA! USA!" (The police prevented a confrontation by forming a line between them.) At Columbia, the Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes was spotted trying to enter the Gaza Solidarity Encampment…

But something else is sliding past popular attention: the meaning of the events at UCLA. Vigilantes staged an assault on unarmed civilians and the state let it happen. This has occurred many times before in US history, particularly when the victims were African American. Still, it is historic…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/article/2024/may/06/ucla-protester-mob-attack

Republicans ‘glorify political violence’ by embracing extreme gun culture

"[Commentators] on the right have spent the last few years warning their viewers that vigilante justice might be necessary to keep their families safe – and Kyle Rittenhouse is the poster child for that inflammatory talking point," said Matt Gertz a senior fellow at Media Matters for America, a watchdog group that monitors rightwing media...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/24/republicans-embrace-extreme-gun-culture

Facebook Groups Sent Armed Vigilantes to Kenosha. Your Polling Place Could Be Next. – Mother Jones

If the election turns chaotic, expect the platform to aid the spread of violent threats and dangerous information.....
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/09/facebook-groups-misinformation/