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A private citizen most certainly can detain and subdue person violating the law. Atleast in the US. Now if you do this and the person is not in fact violating
by syshum 10y ago
A private citizen most certainly can detain and subdue person violating the law. Atleast in the US.
Now if you do this and the person is not in fact violating the law it will be you being arrested however if I catch someone breaking into my home at 3am I most certainly can use physical force to detain him/her.
- gwright 10y agoOf course, but this is an example of a citizen using special police powers because they are acting in the role of a police officer. In that role, the citizen or the actual police officer is enabled to do things that are not otherwise permitted -- they are following different rules.