Vigilantes
Vigilante posing as NYPD detective tries to stop fare-evading family, pepper-sprays man: cops
A vigilante posing as an NYPD detective tried to stop a fare-evading family in Lower Manhattan this week -- and even pepper-sprayed a man who didn't comply, cops said.
Biden's speech commemorating D-Day: Letters to the Editor — June 10, 2024
NY Post readers discuss President Biden’s remarks during a speech honoring the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
Fellow subway vigilante says Daniel Penny should be convicted for Jordan Neely killing
Jordan Williams, who made national headlines after killing a man in a brawl on a Brooklyn train, said he feels no empathy for fellow subway killer Daniel Penny.
Squatter crisis could force homeowners to take matters into their own hands: expert
Meaike, a 51-year-old podcaster and serial entrepreneur, told The Post this week that lenient laws letting squatters stay in houses they don't own and aren't paying for must change —...
'Vigilantes' try to evict squatters at $1M Queens house after homeowner who confronted them is arrested in tense standoff
“I am here to talk to him. I want to see why he is here."
Veteran stabbed while saving woman in NYC subway warns of rising crime consequences: 'Vigilantes will come out'
“The point is, they need to deploy,” Marine veteran Alfredo Troche, 53, told The Post. “Tell the mayor to deploy. The governor too. If not, the vigilantes will come out....
Vigilante accused of posing as minor online to lure and kill convicted child predator
A Texas man posed as a minor and lured a convicted child sex offender to his death because he felt law enforcement didn't do enough to keep pedophiles in prison.
NYC calls for judge to dismiss lawsuit by bodega clerk Jose Alba
New York City disputed Alba's claims that there wasn't probable cause to arrest and prosecute him over the fatal stabbing of ex-con Austin Simon.
UFC champion holds alleged domestic violence suspect at gunpoint: video
An alleged domestic violence perpetrator picked the wrong home at which to try to hide out.
7-Eleven workers in NYC defend store from man claiming to be Saudi royalty: video
Shocking video shows a pair of 7-Eleven workers using makeshift weapons to drive out of the store an unhinged man who began shouting at the staff.
NYC subway vigilante spotted returning home after posting bail
John Rote who opened fire at a Manhattan subway station this week -- while warning a would-be mugger to leave a woman alone -- posted bail and returned to his...
Vigilante gunman nabbed for shooting at homeless would-be robber in NYC subway station
The man police say calmly raised his gun and fired at a vagrant inside the Times Square station was arrested at his job Wednesday.
Vigilante gunman on the loose after firing at would-be subway mugger, suspect 'known to police': MTA
Panhandler Matthew Roesch, 49, was trying to “forcibly” snatch a 40-year-old woman’s belongings inside the 49th Street N, R and W station around 9:15 p.m. Tuesday when a bystander opened...
Mich. vigilante 'Boopac Shakur' shot dead by alleged child predator
A Michigan vigilante known as “Boopac Shakur” in social media, where he posed as an underage girl to lure and expose child predators, was fatally shot when he confronted two...
Bodega worker who fatally stabbed attacker sues Manhattan DA Bragg, NYPD for racial discrimination
The former bodega worker was charged with murder and held on Rikers after fatally stabbing an attacker in what he claimed was a self-defense slaying.
NYC man who shot pen-wielding mugger once railed to The Post about crime, now faces multiple gun charges
Charles Foehner, 65, who was hit with multiple gun charges in the fatal shooting of would-be mugger Cody Gonzalez in Queens, once complained to The Post about rampant crime in...
Infamous subway vigilante Bernie Goetz says Daniel Penny has 'to pay' for killing Jordan Neely
The infamous "subway vigilante" sarcastically quipped that Marine Daniel Penny should be punished for killing Neely with a fatal chokehold this week.
Who was Jordan Neely? What we know about the man killed in NYC subway chokehold
The New York man whose subway chokehold death sparked outcry this week was remembered by family and friends as a loving entertainer with a “beautiful smile” who spiraled into mental...
Shocking video shows NYC subway passenger putting unhinged man in deadly chokehold
Troubling video footage captures the moment a 30-year-old is knocked out by a wannabe hero straphanger and held in a chokehold until he dies on the F train.
Mob fatally beats, burns 13 suspected gang members in streets of Haiti
A mob of murderous vigilantes fatally beat and burned 13 suspected gang members Monday in Haiti's lawless capital city, which has been mostly controlled by criminals since the 2021 assassination...