by Halliburton Shill on July 28th, 2008

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Can a police officer arrest a citizen for making a citizens arrest?

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by Aintthatapip - Kevonian Overlord on July 28th, 2008
Each state with the exception of North Carolina permits citizen arrests if the commission of felony is witnessed by the arresting citizen, or when a citizen is asked to assist in the apprehension of a suspect by police.

Anything more and you are subject to state laws concerning holding someone against their will, and civil cases.
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by Rollie on July 28th, 2008
It could be that you violated laws while making the arrest. Examples may include: undue force, false arrest, illegal means, etc.
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- How about this:
  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/27/national/main4297842.shtml
  
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  by Halliburton Shill on July 28th, 2008
- That is completely "over the top". I classify a citizen's arrest as the citizen having seen a violation/crime in process. The people in Iowa are just trying to prove a point.
  I agree they committed a crime doing it.
  
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by Sweet T on July 28th, 2008
Maybe, if they made a false arrest.
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  by Halliburton Shill on July 28th, 2008
- Citing the Iowa Code, which allows citizen's arrests, the four accused Rove of election fraud; conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud the United States in the time before the Iraq war; and treason, sedition and subversive activities for fraudulent acts leading to the deaths of 300,000 Iraqi civilians and 4,000 U.S. Military personnel, according to their arrest complaint.
  
  Brown and Shaw attempted a similar arrest last March when Rove spoke at the University of Iowa. They were arrested and released without charges.
  
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by machinerat on July 28th, 2008
It's more likely that the arresting citizen will be later sued by the detainee rather than being arrested by the police.
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