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7. I thought you had to witness a felony to make a citizen's arrest.

Thu May 7, 2020, 09:41 PM

May 2020

You don't get to make a citizen's arrest cuz you think they might be the same person in a video.

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Father, son charged with murder in Brunswick Ga. shooting [View all] napi21 May 2020 OP

Trump will call them "good people". Barr will drop the charges. I can applegrove May 2020 #1

Thank god it is not up to Barr. I wonder if Kemp can pardon them then? applegrove May 2020 #4

I thought you had to witness a felony to make a citizen's arrest. Thomas Hurt May 2020 #7

It will be state charges. Barr cannot drop them. roamer65 May 2020 #12

IT'S ABOUT F-ING TIME! SinisterPants May 2020 #2

Thank God! Crunchy Frog May 2020 #5

It's murder. OAITW r.2.0 May 2020 #6

Its the same playbook with all these cases, drag the victim through the mud tulipsandroses May 2020 #8

'Bout fucking time. Iggo May 2020 #9

and what about their sh!tbag buddy following behind musette_sf May 2020 #10

From what I understand one of the men was an ex-cop or detective. KWR65 May 2020 #18

They did obamanut2012 May 2020 #22

Citizen's Arrest. Newest Reality May 2020 #14

Citizen cop.... KentuckyWoman May 2020 #19

That was the DA's idea obamanut2012 May 2020 #23

Kemp??? Ball licker of tRump Kemp??? a kennedy May 2020 #15

Mugshots please Proud liberal 80 May 2020 #16

According to this article, they have not been charged. qwlauren35 May 2020 #20

perp walk bigtree May 2020 #21