The episode “Samaritan,” portrays us how the justice system denies people the right to protect themselves from violence. In this episode the NYPD is searching for man who shot one of the members of a gang of robbers and rapists on a subway train. There is not ethnicity difference between the shooter and thugs, I guess that is why they don’t give relevance to their ethnic group—as in other episodes they do. What they want to show in this episode is how system punishes people who protect themselves and others.
The Reagan’s weigh the pros and cons of vigilantism when a man with a police record takes action against the criminal who is terrorizing riders on a subway. These debates between the Reagan’s make the viewers draw their own conclusion. Finally we can clearly see that the laws of the state and city put the “vigilante” in an impossible position. The city’s “no tolerance” gun laws made this honest citizen a criminal by making it illegal for him to do what any sensible person would strive to do: make sure that he can protect himself and other from violence. I really like the episode "Samaritan" and found it particularly interesting. This episode does not follow the same story as other policeman and justice shows, such as solving murders and kidnappings. Conversely, it shows how small crimes—in this case gangs and robbery—can also have an episode. Moreover, it was really interesting when the Reagan family conclude that the law in the city doesn’t really protect the citizen.
But if a person has information about a crime, why can't they go to the police and work through the justice system legally rather than taking the law into their own hands and killing off criminals? That's what the justice system is there for. Also, if the vigilante issue interests you, you should try watching Dexter!
ReplyDeleteDear Lynne, It is because its more glorious to take it into your own hands rather than being the snitch :)
ReplyDeleteLynne, sometimes the justice system is too slow and not perfectly efficient, thats why some people protect themselves by their own hand and this episode of Blue Bloods portrays this problem that is in our society and in the world.
ReplyDeleteAlejandro, Yes! As you say, definitely is more glorious to take action-with your own hands than being waiting to the justice system to do it... but if this way of justice is practiced often, it could produce a distortion in the justice system and the rate of Crime would be higher.
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