Re:How we turned the tables to catch my sister’s Bumble stalker
by zxexz on Monday January 23, 2023 @06:12PM
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Citizens Arrests are very dangerous and pretty much never worth the risk. Even ignoring the many physical dangers of such an act, if the person “arrested” doesn’t get convicted (also pretty sure it has to be a felony conviction, at least here in MA, though IANAL), it opens you up to a false arrest, or possibly a false imprisonment, charge.
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Re:How we turned the tables to catch my sister’s Bumble stalker
by mindslight on Monday January 23, 2023 @06:31PM
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If only actual cops were held to the same standards as other citizens.
Re:How we turned the tables to catch my sister’s Bumble stalker
by zxexz on Thursday January 26, 2023 @03:03PM
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Not sure why you're being downvoted. The seems pretty reasonable to me.
Re:How we turned the tables to catch my sister’s Bumble stalker
by gggggg5 on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @05:02AM
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>Even ignoring the many physical dangers of such an act, if the person “arrested” doesn’t get convicted (also pretty sure it has to be a felony conviction, at least here in MA, though IANAL), it opens you up to a false arrest, or possibly a false imprisonment, charge.
In England and Wales you merely need a reasonable belief, the person not being convicted does not automatically open you up to trouble any more than it would open up a police officer to trouble.