have you ever placed anyone under citizens arrest? WELL? have you????
under what circumstances is it appropriate? in what nations is it written into law?
i'm all about the citizens arrest tonight...please enlighten me...
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 22:29 (twenty-one years ago)
I don't know if this is a citizen's arrest, but this is a true story that happened to my uncle. He had some business at the post office, so he pulls up in front of the post office, next to the curb, mostly in a good parking spot, though perhaps hanging over a yellow section of curb by a few inches. He goes into the post office and does his business. When he comes out, there is an enraged man standing by his car.
"You can't park here - this is a bus stop," he practically screams at my uncle.
"This is not a bus stop," my uncle calmly replies. "The bus stop is further up the block."
"This IS a bus stop," the man shouts. "I'm calling the police." And he pulls out a cell phone and begins dialing the police.
My uncle, sensing that perhaps the man is more than a little crazed, decides not to wait around for the denouement of this little scene, and gets in his car and drives off.
A few days later he receives a summons in the mail. He is required to show up in court to contest the charges of parking in a bus stop. He goes to the court and finds that indeed there is no way to get out of the court appearance. Story to be continued...
So I don't know if that's a citizen's arrest, but it certainly seems to be something related to it.
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 23:29 (twenty-one years ago)
Ted Nugent is an honorary deputy in Michigan. He can make arrests.
TELL me that isn't badfuckingASS!!!
NUGE LOVE
― roger adultery (roger adultery), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 23:34 (twenty-one years ago)
That seems a bit odd, assuming that the offended party was just a citizen. In LA, cops won't even take action often when THEY have been on the scene and have the pertinent information. But then again, you probably don't have the joy of dealing with the LAPD ...
― dean? (deangulberry), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 23:35 (twenty-one years ago)
But yeah ... anyone can make a citizen's arrest, but the police are better trained to restrain the arrested party and also have the city/state/county lawyers on their side to pay for their defense when the arrested person sues, as is likely and perhaps most likely during an incorrect citizen's arrest.
― dean? (deangulberry), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 23:37 (twenty-one years ago)
Well, this was in New Jersey. It seemed rather odd to me too. I don't think the guy works for the transit agency or anything either. Apparently he was just a random bystander. I haven't heard yet how my uncle's day in court went.
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― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 23:40 (twenty-one years ago)
If you're a foreign dignitary you can do whatever you want. (xp)
― dean? (deangulberry), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 23:43 (twenty-one years ago)
i imagine ted nugent ineffectually flashing his badge at passing deer.
― |a|m|t|r|s|t| (amateurist), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 23:43 (twenty-one years ago)