When I was in Berkeley (visiting John) we hung out in people's park. There was a scuffle between two people in the park. As one man who had apparently, if I recall correctly, taken another's spot and/or was infringing on another group's space, those around him began to tell him to leave. It escalated quickly into yelling and shouting, with people gathering to quell potential violence and to try and evict the man because he was become rowdy. It was when the man A threatened to call the police that people yelled "cop caller!" and the man had no option but to leave.
(And John, please correct me on the story to the extent of your memory)
A microcosm for popular justice, what do you guys think of how justice should be carried out? Today's system of a state observer (a 'judge') brings up interesting questions of bourgeoisie control and influence. It is no question that American justice (though this is reflection internationally) is slow and questionable in it's decisions. In an alternative society, how would justice be carried out?
