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Every time a mugger is tackled and held down to the ground, that is a citizen’s arrest. You obviously don’t know anything about the matter because any citizen,
by rocket_surgeron 4y ago
Every time a mugger is tackled and held down to the ground, that is a citizen’s arrest.
You obviously don’t know anything about the matter because any citizen, anywhere in the entire country, can subdue anyone they observe in the act of committing a felony.
Police are different in that they are empowered to arrest suspects they have not directly observed committing a felony though legal procedures.
What you suggested, forming a vigilante private police force and going around arresting people, is ludicrous and arguing with someone with such an absurd position will be fruitless so I can only suggest you reread my comment and examine the matter using other references more closely.
- Eleison23 4y ago9 times out of 10 it is a bad idea for an unarmed, ordinary citizen to go tackle a thief and hold them to the ground for any reason. If a mugger takes my wallet then he's gonna run away with it, and I'm gonna be slowly going home by an alternate route. When I worked as a clerk in a record store, we had strict orders to never pursue shoplifters or thieves of any stripe. It was the Loss Prevention Officer's job to track that stuff and it was clerks' job to notify law enforcement if we had to, but anyone stealing should be permitted to stroll right out our front doors unchallenged. It was way beyond our pay grade and we did not carry insurance. One of my coworkers did scuffle with a thief outside, and IIRC, he was commended for his bravery, but it was also an opportunity for Loss Prevention to outline their directives to us about never doing that again.
- machinawhite 4y agoIs "citizen arrest" rocket science or what's there not to understand? What you apparently don't understand though is that it will likely get you stabbed or shot but hey at least you're the hero now or something