Mayor Arulampalam released a statement denouncing the group of armed citizens, saying, “Our community has seen so much pain and trauma, and what we need is for those who love this city to do the hard work of healing that pain, not walk around our streets with guns trying to take the law into their own hands.”
The People used their own hands to elect people to enforce the law, so when those elected to do the job can't or won't do the job, the People will take it into their own hands and they certainly have the power to do so under their right to self defense. Then the People will elect others who have the ability and drive to enforce the law for the People.
You can't heal the pain until you identify and eliminate the cause.
Woody