Police already have plenty of power: giving them carte blanche to be judge, jury, and executioner is more than slightly problematic.
Cops can be wrong (gasp!). It might -seem- that such-and-such a person is doing something wrong, but your "gut" isn't a reliable source of evidence.
At best this is an argument for more creative punishments from the bench. I can buy that, or at least could be convinced of that. But vigilante justice? No thanks. "Embarrassing" a husband because you _think_ he beat his wife is not the same as embarrassing a husband because he was _convicted_ of beating his wife. If public shaming will deter/stop domestic violence more than time in jail, let's do it. But as much as possible, let's punish the guilty, not the people some random Jane or Joe _thinks_ is guilty.
Cops can be wrong (gasp!). It might -seem- that such-and-such a person is doing something wrong, but your "gut" isn't a reliable source of evidence.
At best this is an argument for more creative punishments from the bench. I can buy that, or at least could be convinced of that. But vigilante justice? No thanks. "Embarrassing" a husband because you _think_ he beat his wife is not the same as embarrassing a husband because he was _convicted_ of beating his wife. If public shaming will deter/stop domestic violence more than time in jail, let's do it. But as much as possible, let's punish the guilty, not the people some random Jane or Joe _thinks_ is guilty.