write a letter to the editor in your community on the soaring rate of mob justice. The effects, causes and solutions

                                                                                     Number 12 Dorothy Lane,

                                                                                     Pennsylvania.

                                                                                     August 21, 2020.

To the Editor,

Pennsylvania Times

           ON THE ISSUE OF RISING MOB JUSTICE IN PENNSYLVANIA

Dear Mr. Patterson, I write to you with regard to the rising cases of mob justice in Pennsylvania. Just last week, there was a case of mob justice on a suspected shoplifter in a store. I saw the video online and I was utterly and truly disgusted as I watched supposedly "good" citizens gang up on a man because of a crime he was not even found guilty of by a competent court.

With regard to this, I believe that citizens decide to take the law into their own hands because they have absolutely lost faith in the corrupt police system. The police have been known to look the other way, take bribes, give criminals preferential treatment and this has not been sitting well with the people.

I firmly believe that if belief can be restored to the police system, then mob justice would reduce. You can imagine the situation where a criminal is apprehended and twelve hours later, he's back on the streets or someone reports a drug dealer but the police do nothing about it. If the rot within the police is uprooted, mob justice can be reduced to the barest minimum.

Thank you for your time.

                                                                                       Yours sincerely,

                                                                                       Adam Johnson

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