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Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t... by stametseater on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @02:10PM (#35458240)
> Everyone else cannot really use force to arrest suspects and using force to prevent crime in progress is a very complicated matter for regular citizens too.

In most states, anybody can use force to arrest criminals,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen%27s_arrest#United_Stat...

Of course the devil is in the details. I wouldn't risk my own neck by attempting a citizens arrest in a place like SF, because I think the prosecutors/etc there would be more interested in making an example out of me for daring to care, than punishing the actual criminal. Evidently the police of SF feel similar.

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Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t... by pandaman on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @03:16PM (#35459071)
"suspects" != "criminals". And we had just recently seen what happened to a gentleman who merely filmed such an arrest[1] of such a suspect, have not we? So yes, technically you can use force and do a citizen arrest if you don't care about consequences.

1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Ahmaud_Arbery#Peop...

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Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t... by stametseater on Thursday April 06, 2023 @08:49AM (#35467652)
You can do a citizens arrest if you're quite sure you're in the right.
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