He did not say “if you witness a crime you can call the police”. I don’t want a society where any random yokel thinks he can detain someone.

For example, from Wikipedia:

“In the United States, a private person may arrest another without a warrant for a crime occurring in their presence. However, the crimes for which this is permitted vary by state.”

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen%27s_arrest

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen's_arrest#United_States

> Georgia just outlawed that practice

Not exactly; they clarified the circumstances under which a citizen's arrest can be made[0], "including shopkeepers who witness shoplifters and restaurant owners and employees who witness 'dine and dash' customers."

[0] https://www.npr.org/2021/05/11/995835333/in-ahmaud-arberys-n...

But that law was in fact “argued against” in the very red Georgia and it was repealed by a Republican legislation and Republican governor

You really think any random person can detain someone? Do you also think you can force someone to stop for speeding? You can arrest someone for smoking weed as an ordinary citizen?

Do you think you can sleep with a prostitute and then arrest them?

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/20/c...

But in theory, what they are supposed to be able to do is surprisingly similar.

On detaining a random person, quoting https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/citizen%27s_arrest, In general, the ability to perform a citizen’s arrest is the same for a regular person as it is for a police officer without a warrant.

This is completely hypothetical, I don’t own a gun.

But, because of the incident I posted. Even the very red GA and the Republican governor thought that it might not be a good idea to let any random yokel detain someone

https://apnews.com/article/ahmaud-arbery-georgia-arrests-gov...

If an Officer makes a wrongful arrest in the line of duty, Qualified Immunity will go a long way to shielding them, whereas a citizen without Qualified Immunity would be subject to wrongful arrest lawsuits and kidnapping charges.

I don't think there's much chance the cashier here grabbed the wrong person.

That’s false, for the reasons I’ve outlined. The courts have created a specific special legal status that applies to police, but not to ordinary people.