Theodore Luhaka was assaulted with a police baton, which left his anus perforated and him incontinent, the police officers' trial heard. Protesters outside the court called for them to be jailed.
It’s the root of all justice and the kind the world badly needs right now, honestly.
And I can already hear some dumbass screaming “tHaT’s NOT jUsTiCE”, who forgot:
Laws are not actually hard-coded into reality. They are, at best, collective agreements people can ignore at any time. Usually they’re orders from a dominant human who managed to secure power over others.
Legal systems are NOT the source of morality; they’re social institutions we set up to enact enforcement of laws for us and we can dismantle them at any time. Usually they’re forcibly imposed upon other people against their will. Either way, people can and do dismantle them at their will.
Justice is subjective and means many different things to many different people, and that does in fact mean vigilante justice qualifies as justice if enough people believe it does.
We so desperately need a revolution on this planet. 🤦
It really feels like the powers that be have been tempting vigilante justice for too long.
It’s the root of all justice and the kind the world badly needs right now, honestly.
And I can already hear some dumbass screaming “tHaT’s NOT jUsTiCE”, who forgot:
Laws are not actually hard-coded into reality. They are, at best, collective agreements people can ignore at any time. Usually they’re orders from a dominant human who managed to secure power over others.
Legal systems are NOT the source of morality; they’re social institutions we set up to enact enforcement of laws for us and we can dismantle them at any time. Usually they’re forcibly imposed upon other people against their will. Either way, people can and do dismantle them at their will.
Justice is subjective and means many different things to many different people, and that does in fact mean vigilante justice qualifies as justice if enough people believe it does.
We so desperately need a revolution on this planet. 🤦