In New Interview, Bill Barr Sees Dirty Harry, Death Wish As Justice Done Right

[Mrs. Overall]

(From TPM)

Want to know what will make Attorney General Bill Barr’s day, especially when it comes to the ineffable yearning for justice?

According to a recent interview, it may just be Clint Eastwood torturing someone for information by shooting them in the leg.

“I believe a sense of justice is hardwired into human beings,” Barr recalled during an interview with Crime Story podcast host Kary Antholis. “Don’t ask me why, but it is there and it’s satisfying to see justice done.”

Barr elaborated on his theory of justice, recalling the Charles Bronson movie Death Wish and Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry, icons of vigilantism in ’70s filmmaking that spawned movie franchises. The original 1974 exploitation classic Death Wish tells the story of how a do-gooder Manhattan liberal sees the light after his wife is murdered and his daughter is raped. He becomes a one-man vigilante squad, roaming New York City and executing petty thieves.

“Death Wish, yeah,” Barr said. “That gives people a sense of satisfaction when they see it.”

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[Clarity2]

1. He has some super duper blinders on

Because the criminals are in the White House.

[struggle4progress]

2. I don't recall any other recent US AG speaking favorably of vigilantism

Now I'm wondering if seeing Barr suspended by his thumbs would give everyone a thrill of satisfaction

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Just another

audition piece for his Boss,some ugly shit is about to come down the pipe.

[dawg day]

4. The El Paso killer would agree--

He, after all, was doing what Trump had wanted-- "protecting against invaders" -- as a vigilante.

Yeah, no one should have to explain to an AG that public law is what we have in the United States, not vigilanteism.

[42bambi]

5. Hmm-mm...Barr may be the one who's mentally ill

[hunter]

6. I guess I won't feel so bad for him then when the angry mob is kicking his head down the street.

Hell, it might even give people a sense of satisfaction when they see it.

This kind of "justice" rarely ends well, especially for those who promote it.

The Republicans really ought to be asking themselves how low they want to go. Their party is in a death spiral and they are increasingly desperate to hold onto their power.

But they are not thinking ahead. Do they really want to end up as burnt corpses in the suicide bunker, or as corpses hanging by their feet in the plaza? Will they only relinquish their power when atomic hellfire rains down on their last strongholds?

[Mrs. Overall]

7. Exactly. Barr's attitude (and that of the GOP) is extremely alarming and will not end well.

[NightWatcher]

8. He just provided the affirmative defense for whomever, feeling wronged by the USDOJ, hurts Barr

or any other official.

Yes Your Honor, I felt a certain satisfaction watching _____ bleed to death on the floor after I _____ them to death.

This is bad. These idiots need to shut up.