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Re:After a Legal Fight, Oberlin Says It Will Pay $36.59M to ... by mpweiher on Friday September 09, 2022 @01:01AM (#32775494)
Then you will have to essentially leave the civilised world:

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

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Re:After a Legal Fight, Oberlin Says It Will Pay $36.59M to ... by scarface74 on Friday September 09, 2022 @09:11AM (#32778754)
Georgia just outlawed that practice after the very yokels who tried to make a citizens arrest because someone committed a crime of “looking like they don’t belong”
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Re:After a Legal Fight, Oberlin Says It Will Pay $36.59M to ... by miles on Friday September 09, 2022 @10:51PM (#32787261)
>> 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...

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