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As I carefully explained, account is throwaway in name not intent. If you look at my profile it's over a year old. > If the arrest is valid then who cares if I
by throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
As I carefully explained, account is throwaway in name not intent. If you look at my profile it's over a year old.
> If the arrest is valid then who cares if I'm not a real cop?
In the uk, no-one. We have citizens' arrest. It appears the US has similar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen's_arrest#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen's_arrest#United_States
- Chris2048 6y agoImpersonating a police officer is still illegal in the UK, the point is: the ends don't justify the means. My response was to the comment: > If the criticism is valid then its source is surely irrelevant. If the account was a throwaway, the source would have mattered. I think it's worth making this counterpoint irrespective of whether your account is a throwaway, since you made an argument that would seem to defend that case.