[lawdude]

"If true, this is great. It was stupid in the first place and the State of AZ owes him an apology."

Wrong...no apology. What he did is wrong and ARGUABLY against the law. He was let go strictly because the public sentiment was ignorant of the strict letter of citizens arrest statutes and the CA didn't want to come off bad.

If he is dumb enough to sue, they will hand him his ass on a brass plate. Were I the CA, I would have done the same thing. I would bet David Cantor, his atty is advising against any more public comment. Will be interesting to see if there is any more to follow.

[DustyMoment]

(sigh)

What he did is wrong and ARGUABLY against the law. He was let go strictly because the public sentiment was ignorant of the strict letter of citizens arrest statutes and the CA didn't want to come off bad.

Ok, what law did he break? He was minding his own business when he was charged by the group of illegals. He drew his weapon to protect himself (as he is entitled to do under the Constitution) and, suspecting that they were illegal aliens, he held them under citizens arrest until the Border Patrol arrived and he turned them over to the Border Patrol. There is nothing in that entire episode that is against any law.

In AZ, open carry is legal and his weapon is legally registered. No violation of law. He protected himself against what he felt was a threatening gesture made by the group who charged at him out of the dark while he was at a public rest area. The Constitution guarantees him the right to self-defense.

If any law was broken, IMO, it was the BP agents who asked the ILLEGAL ALIENS if they wanted to press assault charges against the AMERICAN CITIZEN who stopped their ILLEGAL INCURSION into the United States.

Finally, public sentiment doesn't carry a lot of weight in legal matters. If that were true, Michael Jackson wouldn't be on trial, the Smith guy who spit on Jane Fonda wouldn't be facing disorderly conduct, and Bubba Clinton would never have been impeached.