Is it illegal for a private citizen to offer a bounty for the "capture" of another private citizen? That seems to me to be inciting kidnapping.
Generally speaking I would think so but what about bail-bondsmen? Don't they put a bounty on jumpers?
Not a legal beagle by any stretch of the imagination but I am under the impression that a bounty hunter is an officer of the court. The jumper by either posting his own bond/bail or authorizing a third party to do so is in essence putting the bounty on his own head by promising not to run. When he does run he is essentially breaking a court order and more or less sets a bounty hunter on himself.
What we are seeing here with the black panther thugs is nothing more than vigilantism. It's illegal. The O'Bongo administration (which includes the Holder Justice Department) by not immediately and forcefully stomping on this is giving its tacit approval...that is approval by taking no action.
We will see within the next few days whether or not this tacit approval will continue.
There are a few things that have to happen. Talk is cheap. If the black panther thugs actually take some kind of action, especially against Zimmerman or one of his family members, then all bets are off. Holder will have to sh*t or git. If he does nothing in the face of what can only be described as racially motivated crimes en masse then he will have to be impeached. Immediately.
For right now though, a message has been sent. That message was received resulting in the "wanted dead or alive" posters and now the "bounty." Another message is being sent in the form of continued silence from the administration. So the only thing we are now waiting on is what the next action will be to the latest message.
