In Minnesota, some vigilantes are taking justice into their own hands

When people lose faith in institutions, some decide to take matters into their own hands. In Minnesota, examples include a masked figure known as NoMark, who has built a social media following by destroying Flock cameras, and a man in a Spider-Man costume who was arrested over the weekend for assaulting far-right activist Jake Lang, who was also arrested for rioting.

MPR News host Clay Masters spoke with Christopher Uggen, a sociology professor at the University of Minnesota, about what draws people to vigilantism and what happens when these people take on roles traditionally handled by police.

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