Racism is just one pitfall of vigilantism

Delhi's law minister Somnath Bharti's attempt to take the law into his hands ended up in a mob criminally assaulting some African women and forcing them to conduct drug tests that turned in negative results. In truth, this was rank vigilantism, a display of lynch-mob mentality. If there is cause for citizens in an area to complain about illegal activity or crime, the right thing to do is to inform the police and press the authorities to take action.

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