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To: LowTaxesEqualsProsperity
Are citizen’s arrests lawful in this situation?

lol, don't think so, but citizens can "tattle" on them. From JSOnline, Senate Republicans threaten missing Democrats with contempt

......."Fitzgerald, who met with two of the Democrats in Kenosha on Monday, said he believed some of the lawmakers were entering Wisconsin for other errands and going to their homes.

Fitzgerald said the resolution would allow the absent Democrats to be taken into custody, which he called "a legal difference from arrest." He said that citizens who see absent Democrats in Wisconsin could report them to police. ".............
20 posted on 03/03/2011 11:52:19 AM PST by Girlene
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To: Girlene
“...but citizens can “tattle” on them.”

That's what 911 is for!

Start posting pictures in public places.

Offer a reward for information leading to an arrest. Heck, I'll chip in.

It's our civic duty. Even Janet Incompetano says “See Something? - Say Something!”

There are criminals in our midst. They must be reported to the authorities.

60 posted on 03/03/2011 12:13:33 PM PST by Gabrial (The Whitehouse Nightmare will continue as long as the Nightmare is in the Whitehouse)
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