[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Of course its the same groups, have you ever watched the live streams? They might not be throwing punches but they're still highly aggressive. You're also still willfully ignoring the point about mistakes being made and innocent people being caught in the crossfire of amateurs... Which does happen.

It's a dangerous, slippery slope and it's naively optimistic to assume that this style of... Ahem... "community policing" will be limited sexual predators in the long run. I get that it's a highly emotive topic, the fact that children and teens are groomed and abused is horrific, but I personally believe that emotions and outrage running high on this topic clouds peoples rational judgement on whether or not vigilantism in general is something we want to accept. "Well not for most things but in this special case its OK" isn't really a sensible answer. You can't half-open the door to this sort of thing. I'm not OK with any form of social media mob justice, and so I can't be OK with this.

I'm not suggesting that hasn't happened which is why I say push for affiliation and closer working with the police to ensure those situations are not repeated.

We are discussing groups working within communities so what better to work alongside neighbourhood policing teams? Not sure what the 'Ahem' is for :/

I would've thought the police would welcome public involvement to solve any and all crime... we are constantly told to remain vigilant and report suspect behaviours to the police.

Social media like the rest of the web has, as you highlighted in another thread some seriously dark corners... the police hasn't the time or the resources to flush them out. These groups can be utilised if managed effectively, like a 'dads army'. of er... dads?