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I am not American so: is it legal for someone else than the police (and similar governmental agencies) to ask you questions and force tout to go somewhere? I c

I am not American so: is it legal for someone else than the police (and similar governmental agencies) to ask you questions and force tout to go somewhere? I can understand that they can "citizen arrest" you until the police comes but that would be it. In France they would do your if they have reasonable suspicion, but only until the police arrives. If you do not want to talk to them you just wait (and if you did not do anything you grab the popcorn to see how this is going to end). I told my children that whatever happens, they just insist on having the police called. They had to use this one and the security company immediately let them go.

klardotsh 3y ago
Citizen's arrest only exists if there's reasonable suspicion a proper criminal event has occurred, and conveys no liability protection: if the person "citizen arrested" is found to have not committed a crime, the "arrestor" can be civilly sued for huge sums of money, and potentially criminally charged, themselves (though this is, I understand, uncommon). In general I can't think of a way private interrogations are legal in the US, though the airline will likely claim that the kid was "always free to leave" and get away with this.