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Since: May, 2014
MetaFour
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23rd Sep, 2017 06:45:26 PM
Possibly also The Lopsided Arm of the Law.
Is there a trope for people defending themselves (possibly excessively) from violent criminals, only for the forces of law and government to come down hard on them, protecting the criminals? Not because the government is secretely colluding with or connected to the criminals, just because?