Angry crowd kills police officer in southern Mexico

[True_Blue]

MEXICO CITY -- Vigilantes killed a state police officer in southern Mexico, setting him on fire in revenge for the shooting of a taxi driver in a barroom brawl, authorities said Saturday.

The mob broke into a government building in Magdalena Tequisistlan, seized the officer and threw him from the third story, then doused him with gasoline and lit the fuel, according to the Oaxaca state attorney general's office.

The officer reportedly shot a taxi driver Friday in a bar argument and was taken into custody in the town, 290 miles southeast of Mexico City.

The killing came amid heightened concerns about vigilante justice in Mexico, where people view police as inept or corrupt and say they must take security into their own hands.
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[sasquatch]

1. I've heard about taking action against police violence but this is extreme

:wow:

[Jack_DeLeon]

2. I disagree...

when you have a corrupt system that is unable or unwilling to stop such abuses of power its up to the people to take action.

IMO if the officer mearly shot that other man over an argument, then I think he got what he deserved.

[sasquatch]

5. True

But vigilantism is a slippery slope.

[karlrschneider]

3. Can't help wondering if that was one of the Mex cops I've bribed over the

years...
:eyes:

[Kagemusha]

4. Even the IRA doesn't let this happen in similar circumstances.

No one set one of their boys on fire for that bar killing.

[bemildred]

6. This seems to be a regular thing lately. nt