In USA, All Citizens are Empowered to Arrest

[Guest guest]

You ever bothered by your neighbor? Well, as an American citizen you

have the right to arrest him/her. Imagine what would happen, if everyone

attempted to enact this law.

 

 

CITIZENS ARREST'S

> Note: All Citizens have the authority to arrest in every single

State, and although I have not spent much time looking at this, here is

what

I found here in Washington in less than one hour at the University of

Washington Law Library and wrote for you in less than fifteen minutes:

> ARGUMENT:

> The authority of a private citizen to arrest without a warrant is

stated in State v. Harp, 13 Wn.App. 239, 534 P.2d 842 (1975). In this

case

at page 242, it was pointed out that a deputy town marshall arrested a

man and was outside the boundary of the town and hence, outside his

jurisdiction when the initial detention or arrest was made. The court

acknowledged that the deputy had no authority as a police officer

outside

the city limits of town. It was found in this case that the deputy could

properly arrest the individual without a warrant because he had

reasonable and probable cause to believe that the defendant in that

case was

guilty of a felony.

> The case law clearly annunciates that a private citizen may properly

arrest without a warrant if he has reasonable and probable cause to

believe that a person has committed a felony in his presence or is guilty

of a felony. State v. Jack, 63 Wn.2d 632, 388 P.2d 566 (1964); Jack v.

Rhay, 366 F.2d 191 (9th Cir. 1966); 5 Am.Jur.2d Arrest Section 36

(1962); E. Fischer, Laws of Arrest Section 112 (at 248) (1967). In the

case

of State v. Jack, supra, at page 637, the Supreme Court of Washington

held as follows:

> "The rule seems to be similar when an arrest is a so-called citizens

arrest, made by one not a law enforcement officer; i.e., it requires

reasonable and probable cause to believe the arrested party guilty of a

felony before the arrest will support a search and seizure of evidence

of a crime. Information, belief, or suspicion as to commission of a

felony, as justification for arrest by a private person without a warrant;

133 A.L.R. 608 (1941)."

> Hope this helps for those who are interested in Citizens Arrest.

> I also suggest that you read all the cases cited in other States

regarding CITIZEN'S ARREST'S in 5 Am Jur 2nd Arrest Section 36

(1962); 133

A.L.R. 608 (1941); and the Laws of Arrest Section 112 (at 248) (1967)

by E. Fischer which I put in "bold" above.

> Sincerely

> Luis Ewing at (253) 226-3741 or

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> "jhwilson" <jhwilson (AT) acay (DOT) com.au>

> Dear Allan,

> I made many warnings that I would perform a Citizen's Arrest on the

offending Judge, in Court, in emails, etc. Arresting him elsewhere is

certainly in mind.

> Yours sincerely,

> John Wilson.

> -

> Gopher

> jhwilson

> Friday, July 28, 2006 7:25 AM

> Re: Citizens arrest

> John,

> I agree with Len Clam..

> The other point is when you were in court did you attempt to put the

judge on notice of pending citizen's arrest. I think if you had done

this then it would be fit and proper to arrest him at any public

function he may be attending including church.. Just a thought !

> Allan

[Guest guest]

If a person wishes to make a citizen's

arrest, he or she should be prepared

to defend accusatios and charges, true

or false, of hostage-taking, false imprisonment,

false arrest, kidnaping, terroristic

threatening, violations of others' civil

liberties, and others.

 

Jai Maharaj

Om Shanti

 

mbranparker <mbranparker > wrote:

> You ever bothered by your neighbor? Well, as an

> American citizen you

> have the right to arrest him/her. Imagine what would

> happen, if everyone

> attempted to enact this law.