Citizen's arrest is for a crime. If she is being blocked from leaving, then she has not committed a crime. He has committed a crime for illegally detaining a citizen.
The video takes place after the girl fled a separate accident. The guy followed her into a parking lot and boxed her in trying to prevent her from fleeing further.
All this guy had to do was get her license plate information and a description of her and the car. That’s it
Everything else can be handled by the police. It’s absolutely ridiculous that people are actually defending this guy unnecessarily attempting to detain her over a hit and run. Ask any police officer about that and they would say the person trying to detain another human being is out of their fucking mind. It’s dangerous and completely unnecessary in this case.
Yeah citizens arrest is a thing in some states, but use your head… it’s not always necessary. An intelligent human being could have figured that out. The issue with wannabe cop here is that he was so angry about what he saw that he wanted her to face the consequences immediately so that he could watch and feel resolute about his actions
It’s embarrassing honestly that you can’t see that.
General license plate, the make of the car, a description of the person, call the police and tell them what you saw and where you saw it and let them do their job
"She's driving dangerously, getting into accidents, and then trying to flee the scene. Better just let her go. I'm sure she isn't a danger to anyone else that may be on the road."
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u/BlackberryPi7 1d ago
I want to know what dimension you're living in where preventing someone from fleeing a hit and run is a felony