over_clox@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoHypothetical: Can a person "citizen's arrest" themself? And if so, how (and why) would that even work?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up125file-text
arrow-up125message-squareHypothetical: Can a person "citizen's arrest" themself? And if so, how (and why) would that even work?over_clox@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAnnoyed_🦀 @monyet.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoSurrender? Citizen arrest mean one citizen arrest another to turn them to police, to arrest oneself is to surrender i guess.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYes, I suppose. But more like crazy person level, like call the cops on themself for stealing a candy bar or something similarly stupid, then handcuff themself to a bench or light pole or something…
minus-squareAnnoyed_🦀 @monyet.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoTechnically speaking it’s still umm citizen arrest but in general I think it still count as surrender. Different term for different situation i guess.
Surrender? Citizen arrest mean one citizen arrest another to turn them to police, to arrest oneself is to surrender i guess.
Yes, I suppose.
But more like crazy person level, like call the cops on themself for stealing a candy bar or something similarly stupid, then handcuff themself to a bench or light pole or something…
Technically speaking it’s still umm citizen arrest but in general I think it still count as surrender. Different term for different situation i guess.
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